diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_metric_alarm.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_metric_alarm.py
index 5ed55ae6257..960df281587 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_metric_alarm.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_metric_alarm.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
 module: ec2_metric_alarm
 short_description: "Create/update or delete AWS Cloudwatch 'metric alarms'"
 description:
- - Can create or delete AWS metric alarms
- - Metrics you wish to alarm on must already exist
+ - Can create or delete AWS metric alarms.
+ - Metrics you wish to alarm on must already exist.
 version_added: "1.6"
 author: "Zacharie Eakin (@zeekin)"
 options: