diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/openstack/os_server.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/openstack/os_server.py
index 7f019623aab..0dca88b6e26 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/openstack/os_server.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/openstack/os_server.py
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
   tasks:
   - name: launch an instance with a string
     os_server:
-      name: vm1
       auth:
          auth_url: https://region-b.geo-1.identity.hpcloudsvc.com:35357/v2.0/
          username: admin