diff --git a/source/_components/device_tracker.markdown b/source/_components/device_tracker.markdown
index 7844c76506cd..03f57ca9abd3 100644
--- a/source/_components/device_tracker.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/device_tracker.markdown
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ The following optional parameters can be used with any platform. However device
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 | `track_new_devices` | True    | If new discovered devices are tracked by default                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | `interval_seconds`  | 12      | Seconds between each scan for new devices                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
-| `consider_home`     | 180     | Seconds to wait till marking someone as not home after not being seen. This parameter is most useful for households with Apple iOS devices that go into sleep mode while still at home to conserve battery life. iPhones will occasionally drop off the network and then re-appear. `consider_home` helps prevent false alarms in presence detection when using IP scanners such as Nmap. |
+| `consider_home`     | 180     | Seconds to wait till marking someone as not home after not being seen. This parameter is most useful for households with Apple iOS devices that go into sleep mode while still at home to conserve battery life. iPhones will occasionally drop off the network and then re-appear. `consider_home` helps prevent false alarms in presence detection when using IP scanners such as Nmap. `consider_home` accepts various time representations, (E.g. the following all represents 3 minutes: `180`, `0:03`, `0:03:00`)  |
 
 The extended example from above would look like the following sample:
 
@@ -73,3 +73,4 @@ devicename:
 | `gravatar`     | None                          | An email address for the device's owner. If provided, it will override `picture`                        |
 | `track`        | False                         | If  `yes`/`on`/`true` then the device will be tracked. Otherwise its location and state will not update |
 | `hide_if_away` | False                         | If `yes`/`on`/`true` then the device will be hidden if it is not at home                                |
+| `consider_home` | [uses platform setting]      | Allows you to override the global `consider_home` setting from the platform configuration on a per device level                                |