diff --git a/plugins/modules/proxmox.py b/plugins/modules/proxmox.py
index ea1f13aa31..1ed5654ce6 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/proxmox.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/proxmox.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     api_host: node1
     password: 123456
     hostname: example.org
-    ostemplate: local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
+    ostemplate: 'local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
     mounts: '{"mp0":"local:8,mp=/mnt/test/"}'
 
 - name: Create new container with minimal options defining a cpu core limit
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     api_host: node1
     password: 123456
     hostname: example.org
-    ostemplate: local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
+    ostemplate: 'local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
     cores: 2
 
 - name: Create new container with minimal options and same timezone as proxmox host
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     api_host: node1
     password: 123456
     hostname: example.org
-    ostemplate: local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
+    ostemplate: 'local:vztmpl/ubuntu-14.04-x86_64.tar.gz'
     features:
      - nesting=1
      - mount=cifs,nfs