People component config problem

I believe I have following the instructions for setting this component up correctly, but I get an error I don’t know how to resolve.

When I click the Check Config button I get the following error: Package person setup failed. Component person cannot be merged. Expected a dict.

I must not be able to see something obvious.

person:
  - name: Brian
    id: brian
    user_id: 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1
    device_trackers:
      - device_tracker.life360_brian
      - device_tracker.brians_iphone_nmap
  - name: Nerene
    id: nerene
    user_id: 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz2
    device_trackers:
      - device_tracker.life360_nerene
      - device_tracker.nerenes_iphone_nmap
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Tried to set it up in YAML myself last night and has the same issue, below is how I have it working. It didn’t modify the configuration.yaml so the person stuff must be stored in json somewhere.

Remove everything except person: then restart HA. Then when you go into the configuration menu in the GUI, you should see a Persons section to configure this.

Oh my gosh! I wish the documentation would be clear when the Yaml isn’t necessary. Thank you. That definitely worked!

Edit: after re-reading the documentation it is stated that we can use the Configuration UI… I guess I need to retrain my mind to look for subtle mention of the Configuration UI.