diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py
index 06965f03a98..a7cb4ae65c6 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py
@@ -194,22 +194,35 @@ notes:
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
 # Example git checkout from Ansible Playbooks
-- git: repo=git://foosball.example.org/path/to/repo.git
-       dest=/srv/checkout
-       version=release-0.22
+- git:
+    repo: 'git://foosball.example.org/path/to/repo.git'
+    dest: /srv/checkout
+    version: release-0.22
 
 # Example read-write git checkout from github
-- git: repo=ssh://git@github.com/mylogin/hello.git dest=/home/mylogin/hello
+- git:
+    repo: 'ssh://git@github.com/mylogin/hello.git'
+    dest: /home/mylogin/hello
 
 # Example just ensuring the repo checkout exists
-- git: repo=git://foosball.example.org/path/to/repo.git dest=/srv/checkout update=no
+- git:
+    repo: 'git://foosball.example.org/path/to/repo.git'
+    dest: /srv/checkout
+    update: no
 
 # Example just get information about the repository whether or not it has
 # already been cloned locally.
-- git: repo=git://foosball.example.org/path/to/repo.git dest=/srv/checkout clone=no update=no
+- git:
+    repo: 'git://foosball.example.org/path/to/repo.git'
+    dest: /srv/checkout
+    clone: no
+    update: no
 
 # Example checkout a github repo and use refspec to fetch all pull requests
-- git: repo=https://github.com/ansible/ansible-examples.git dest=/src/ansible-examples refspec=+refs/pull/*:refs/heads/*
+- git:
+    repo: 'https://github.com/ansible/ansible-examples.git'
+    dest: /src/ansible-examples
+    refspec: '+refs/pull/*:refs/heads/*'
 '''
 
 import os