diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/package.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/package.py
index f4234b5a47..2ae7c7fbc8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/package.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/package.py
@@ -57,5 +57,5 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 
 # This uses a variable as this changes per distribution.
 - name: remove the apache package
-  package : name={{apache}} state=absent
+  package: name={{apache}} state=absent
 '''