From 527c2a5cc23f6ed3077347a72c1a0318829369e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Torwag <torsten.wagner@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:45:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: necessary registration of node in HA  (#741)

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 components/sensor/homeassistant.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/components/sensor/homeassistant.rst b/components/sensor/homeassistant.rst
index 8ff7649cf..ec2bfc153 100644
--- a/components/sensor/homeassistant.rst
+++ b/components/sensor/homeassistant.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ states from your Home Assistant instance using the :doc:`native API </components
 
     This component is only for numeral states. If you want to import arbitrary text states
     from Home Assistant, use the :doc:`Home Assistant Text Sensor </components/text_sensor/homeassistant>`.
+    
+    Albeit you might not plan to __export__ states from the node and you do not need an entity of the node
+    in Home Assistant, this component still requires you to register the node under Home Assistant. See:
+    :doc:`Getting started with Hassio </guides/getting_started_hassio>`
 
     Importing attributes is currently not supported, but you can create template sensors in Home Assistant
     that return the attribute of a sensor and then import the template sensor here.