diff --git a/components/light/status_led.rst b/components/light/status_led.rst
index 6b6d496ea..93170d9f6 100644
--- a/components/light/status_led.rst
+++ b/components/light/status_led.rst
@@ -47,10 +47,9 @@ Configuration variables:
 
     .. code-block:: yaml
 
-        status_led:
-          pin:
-            number: GPIO2
-            inverted: true
+        pin:
+          number: GPIO2
+          inverted: true