diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/system/cron.py b/lib/ansible/modules/system/cron.py
index 1d290a3d82..9a3e238e4e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/cron.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/cron.py
@@ -185,9 +185,9 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
 - name: Creates a cron file under /etc/cron.d
   cron:
     name: yum autoupdate
-    weekday: 2
-    minute: 0
-    hour: 12
+    weekday: "2"
+    minute: "0"
+    hour: "12"
     user: root
     job: "YUMINTERACTIVE=0 /usr/sbin/yum-autoupdate"
     cron_file: ansible_yum-autoupdate