diff --git a/docsite/rst/developing_modules.rst b/docsite/rst/developing_modules.rst
index 7e77f8fc745..40a04a3fdec 100644
--- a/docsite/rst/developing_modules.rst
+++ b/docsite/rst/developing_modules.rst
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ a lot shorter than this::
 
 Let's test that module::
 
-    ansible/hacking/test-module -m ./time -a time=\"March 14 12:23\"
+    ansible/hacking/test-module -m ./time -a "time=\"March 14 12:23\""
 
 This should return something like::