diff --git a/source/_components/device_tracker.mqtt.markdown b/source/_components/device_tracker.mqtt.markdown
index 7c0eed7d1d4..2019f1ef573 100644
--- a/source/_components/device_tracker.mqtt.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/device_tracker.mqtt.markdown
@@ -31,3 +31,12 @@ Configuration variables:
 - **devices** (*Required*): List of devices with their topic.
 - **qos** (*Optional*): The QoS level of the topic.
 
+
+Example JSON you can publish to the topic (e.g. via mqtt.publish service):
+
+```json
+{
+  "topic": "/location/paulus",
+  "payload": "home"
+}
+```