diff --git a/rst/playbooks.rst b/rst/playbooks.rst
index fb720b3b16..7b42c93795 100644
--- a/rst/playbooks.rst
+++ b/rst/playbooks.rst
@@ -276,15 +276,15 @@ A task include file simply contains a flat list of tasks, like so::
 
 Include directives look like this, and can be mixed in with regular tasks in a playbook::
 
-   - tasks:
-      - include: tasks/foo.yml
+   tasks:
+    - include: tasks/foo.yml
 
 You can also pass variables into includes.  We call this a 'parameterized include'.
 
 For instance, if deploying multiple wordpress instances, I could
 contain all of my wordpress tasks in a single wordpress.yml file, and use it like so::
 
-   - tasks:
+   tasks:
      - include: wordpress.yml user=timmy 
      - include: wordpress.yml user=alice
      - include: wordpress.yml user=bob