diff --git a/yaml_templates/sensor/SensorLaser2d.yaml b/yaml_templates/sensor/SensorLaser2d.yaml
index 0c80f81091d805e3df54cc5948a55aaf2a7aa253..845b50fc61ba473527a10e62e909d1bc09bfcbb3 100644
--- a/yaml_templates/sensor/SensorLaser2d.yaml
+++ b/yaml_templates/sensor/SensorLaser2d.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 type: "whatever"  # DOC The class name - TYPE string
 plugin: "whatever"  # DOC plugin where the class is implemented - TYPE string
 name: "whatever"  # DOC The sensor"s name. It has to be unique. - TYPE string
+enabled: true  # OPTIONAL - DOC Whether the sensor is enabled or not. If not, captures will not be processed when calling process(). - TYPE bool
 angle_min: 0.0  # DOC Angle of the first beam of the scan - TYPE double
 angle_max: 0.0  # DOC Angle of the last beam of the scan - TYPE double
 angle_step: 0.0  # DOC Angle increment between beams - TYPE double