diff --git a/library/cloudformation b/library/cloudformation
index 494f46e191..e08cea4246 100644
--- a/library/cloudformation
+++ b/library/cloudformation
@@ -67,12 +67,15 @@ options:
     default: "yes"
     choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
     aliases: []
+requirements: [ "boto" ]
+author: James S. Martin
+'''
 
-examples:
-
+EXAMPLES = '''
+  # Basic task example
   tasks:
   - name: launch ansible cloudformation example
-    cloudformation: >
+    action: cloudformation >
       stack_name="ansible-cloudformation" state=present
       region=us-east-1 disable_rollback=yes
       template=files/cloudformation-example.json
@@ -82,9 +85,6 @@ examples:
         DiskType: ephemeral
         InstanceType: m1.small
         ClusterSize: 3
-
-requirements: [ "boto" ]
-author: James S. Martin
 '''
 
 import boto.cloudformation.connection
diff --git a/library/ec2_vol b/library/ec2_vol
index 2899a47d59..04bc5959a1 100644
--- a/library/ec2_vol
+++ b/library/ec2_vol
@@ -52,22 +52,34 @@ options:
     required: false
     default: null
     aliases: []
-examples:
-   - code: 'local_action: ec2_vol instance=XXXXXX volume_size=5 device_name=sdd'
-     description: "Simple playbook example"
-   - code: |
-            - name: Launch instances
-              local_action: ec2 keypair=$keypair image=$image wait=yes count=3
-              register: ec2
-            - name: Create volumes and attach
-              local_action: ec2_vol instance=${item.id} volume_size=5
-              with_items: ${ec2.instances}
-              register: ec2_vol
-     description: "Advanced - attaching multiple volumes to multiple instances"
 requirements: [ "boto" ]
 author: Lester Wade
 '''
 
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Simple attachment action
+local_action: 
+    module: ec2_vol 
+    instance: XXXXXX 
+    volume_size: 5 
+    device_name: sdd
+   
+# Playbook example combined with instance launch 
+local_action: 
+    module: ec2 
+    keypair: $keypair 
+    image: $image 
+    wait: yes 
+    count: 3
+    register: ec2
+local_action: 
+    module: ec2_vol 
+    instance: ${item.id} 
+    volume_size: 5
+    with_items: ${ec2.instances}
+    register: ec2_vol
+'''
+
 # Note: this module needs to be made idempotent. Possible solution is to use resource tags with the volumes.
 # if state=present and it doesn't exist, create, tag and attach. 
 # Check for state by looking for volume attachment with tag (and against block device mapping?).
diff --git a/library/s3 b/library/s3
index 331285e12c..981a34016f 100644
--- a/library/s3
+++ b/library/s3
@@ -51,15 +51,24 @@ options:
     required: false
     default: false
     version_added: "1.2"
-examples:
-   - code: 's3 bucket=mybucket path=/path/to/file state=present'
-     description: "Simple playbook example"
-   - code: 's3 bucket=mybucket path=/path/to/file state=present overwrite=yes'
-     description: "Will overwrite only if remote and local checksums do not match. Does not support files uploaded to s3 with multipart upload."
 requirements: [ "boto" ]
 author: Lester Wade
 '''
 
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Simple PUT operation
+   module: s3 
+   bucket: mybucket 
+   path: /path/to/file 
+   state: present
+# Force and overwrite if checksums don't match
+   module: s3
+   bucket: mybucket
+   path: /path/to/file
+   state: present
+   overwrite: yes
+'''
+
 import sys
 import os
 import urlparse