diff --git a/components/microphone/index.rst b/components/microphone/index.rst
index 405e98c66..f675ab797 100644
--- a/components/microphone/index.rst
+++ b/components/microphone/index.rst
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Microphone Triggers
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 This trigger will fire when new data is received from the microphone.
-The data is available as a ``std::vector<uint8_t>`` in the variable ``x``.
+The data is available as a ``std::vector<int16_t>`` in the variable ``x``.
 
 .. code-block:: yaml