diff --git a/bin/sensors.rs b/bin/sensors.rs
index 64537ee..570fa0a 100644
--- a/bin/sensors.rs
+++ b/bin/sensors.rs
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ use sysinfo::{ComponentExt, RefreshKind, System, SystemExt};
 ///
 /// Each line contains a sensor and its temperature, in the following format:
 ///
-///     TEMP:LABEL
+///     TEMP:COMPONENT
 ///
-/// Where TEMP is the temperature in Celsius, and LABEL is the name of the sensor.
-/// The LABEL property can by used to configure bar items with type "sensors".
+/// Where TEMP is the temperature in Celsius, and COMPONENT is the name of the sensor.
+/// The COMPONENT property can by used to configure bar items with type "sensors".
 struct Cli;
 
 fn main() {
diff --git a/sample_config.toml b/sample_config.toml
index 71e5bbb..cc07e49 100644
--- a/sample_config.toml
+++ b/sample_config.toml
@@ -184,7 +184,9 @@ name = "cpu-temp"
 interval = "5s"
 # The name of the component to display temperature for.
 # The `i3stat-sensors` command is provided and outputs a list of components that can be used.
-label = "coretemp Package id 0"
+component = "coretemp Package id 0"
+# Optional: set a label to be shown in the item (useful if you have multiple sensor items)
+label = " (cpu)"
 # See: FLOAT FORMAT OPTIONS
 pad = ' '
 pad_count = 2
diff --git a/src/bar_items/sensors.rs b/src/bar_items/sensors.rs
index e9d3df4..b12b328 100644
--- a/src/bar_items/sensors.rs
+++ b/src/bar_items/sensors.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ use crate::util::format::{float, FloatFormat};
 pub struct Sensors {
     #[serde(with = "crate::human_time")]
     interval: Duration,
-    label: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    label: Option<String>,
+    component: String,
     #[serde(flatten)]
     float_fmt: FloatFormat,
 }
@@ -40,10 +42,11 @@ impl BarItem for Sensors {
             ctx.state.sys.refresh_components_list();
         }
 
+        let label = self.label.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
         loop {
             let temp = {
                 let search = ctx.state.sys.components_mut().iter_mut().find_map(|c| {
-                    if c.label() == self.label {
+                    if c.label() == self.component {
                         c.refresh();
                         Some(c.temperature())
                     } else {
@@ -54,14 +57,16 @@ impl BarItem for Sensors {
                 match search {
                     Some(temp) => temp,
                     None => {
-                        break Err(format!("no component found with label: {}", self.label).into())
+                        break Err(
+                            format!("no component found with name: {}", self.component).into()
+                        )
                     }
                 }
             };
 
             let (icon, color) = Self::get_icon(&ctx.config.theme, temp as u32);
             let temp = float(temp, &self.float_fmt);
-            let mut item = I3Item::new(format!("{} {}°C", icon, temp))
+            let mut item = I3Item::new(format!("{} {}°C{}", icon, temp, label))
                 .short_text(format!("{}C", temp))
                 .markup(I3Markup::Pango);
 
diff --git a/tests/i3/screenshots.rs b/tests/i3/screenshots.rs
index faafe98..d6605be 100644
--- a/tests/i3/screenshots.rs
+++ b/tests/i3/screenshots.rs
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ screenshot!(
     json!({
         "type": "sensors",
         "interval": "1s",
-        "label": "name temp1"
+        "component": "name temp1"
     }),
     {
         at_0: {