diff --git a/library/apt b/library/apt
index 2aacf4adc37..15c11d16dea 100755
--- a/library/apt
+++ b/library/apt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ options:
       - Indicates the desired package state
     required: false
     default: present
-    choices: [ "installed", "latest", "remove", "absent", "present" ]
+    choices: [ "latest", "absent", "present" ]
   update_cache:
     description:
       - Run the equivalent of C(apt-get update) before the operation. Can be run as part of the package installation or as a seperate step
diff --git a/library/service b/library/service
index eb53a9c62fa..9c0fb568756 100755
--- a/library/service
+++ b/library/service
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ options:
         - Name of the service.
     state:
         required: false
-        choices: [ running, started, stopped, restarted, reloaded ]
+        choices: [ started, stopped, restarted, reloaded ]
         description:
         - I(started), I(stopped), I(reloaded), I(restarted).
           I(Started)/I(stopped) are idempotent actions that will not run