diff --git a/components/text_sensor/homeassistant.rst b/components/text_sensor/homeassistant.rst
index d26aaae10..7d514ad10 100644
--- a/components/text_sensor/homeassistant.rst
+++ b/components/text_sensor/homeassistant.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ With Home Assistant 2021.6 or newer, entity state attributes can also be importe
 Configuration variables:
 ------------------------
 
-- **name** (string): The name of the text sensor.
+- **name** (*Optional*, string): The name of the text sensor.
 - **entity_id** (**Required**, string): The entity ID to import from Home Assistant.
 - **attribute** (*Optional*, string): The name of the state attribute to import from the
   specified entity. The entity state is used when this option is omitted.