diff --git a/plugins/modules/proxmox.py b/plugins/modules/proxmox.py
index 47f3faa4f2..55ac979a01 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/proxmox.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/proxmox.py
@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     password: 123456
     hostname: example.org
     ostemplate: 'local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
-    netif: '{"net0":"name=eth0,ip=dhcp,ip6=dhcp,bridge=vmbr0"}'
+    netif:
+      net0: "name=eth0,ip=dhcp,ip6=dhcp,bridge=vmbr0"
 
 - name: Create new container with minimal options defining network interface with static ip
   community.general.proxmox:
@@ -338,7 +339,21 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     password: 123456
     hostname: example.org
     ostemplate: 'local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
-    netif: '{"net0":"name=eth0,gw=192.168.0.1,ip=192.168.0.2/24,bridge=vmbr0"}'
+    netif:
+      net0: "name=eth0,gw=192.168.0.1,ip=192.168.0.2/24,bridge=vmbr0"
+
+- name: Create new container with more options defining network interface with static ip4 and ip6 with vlan-tag and mtu
+  community.general.proxmox:
+    vmid: 100
+    node: uk-mc02
+    api_user: root@pam
+    api_password: 1q2w3e
+    api_host: node1
+    password: 123456
+    hostname: example.org
+    ostemplate: 'local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
+    netif:
+      net0: "name=eth0,gw=192.168.0.1,ip=192.168.0.2/24,ip6=fe80::1227/64,gw6=fe80::1,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1,tag=934,mtu=1500"
 
 - name: Create new container with minimal options defining a mount with 8GB
   community.general.proxmox:
@@ -350,7 +365,8 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     password: 123456
     hostname: example.org
     ostemplate: 'local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
-    mounts: '{"mp0":"local:8,mp=/mnt/test/"}'
+    mounts:
+      mp0: "local:8,mp=/mnt/test/"
 
 - name: Create new container with minimal options defining a cpu core limit
   community.general.proxmox:
@@ -420,7 +436,8 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     api_user: root@pam
     api_password: 1q2w3e
     api_host: node1
-    netif: '{"net0":"name=eth0,gw=192.168.0.1,ip=192.168.0.3/24,bridge=vmbr0"}'
+    netif:
+      net0: "name=eth0,gw=192.168.0.1,ip=192.168.0.3/24,bridge=vmbr0"
     update: true
 
 - name: Start container