diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/57295-openssh_keypair-fingerprint.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/57295-openssh_keypair-fingerprint.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3b0cfa640c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/57295-openssh_keypair-fingerprint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+   - openssh_keypair - The fingerprint return value was incorrectly returning a list of ssh-keygen output; it now returns just the fingerprint value as a string
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diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssh_keypair.py b/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssh_keypair.py
index 73772355583..06722b86ce4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssh_keypair.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/openssh_keypair.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ fingerprint:
     description: The fingerprint of the key.
     returned: changed or success
     type: str
-    sample: 4096 SHA256:r4YCZxihVjedH2OlfjVGI6Y5xAYtdCwk8VxKyzVyYfM example@example.com (RSA)
+    sample: SHA256:r4YCZxihVjedH2OlfjVGI6Y5xAYtdCwk8VxKyzVyYfM
 public_key:
     description: The public key of the generated SSH private key
     returned: changed or success
@@ -232,13 +232,13 @@ class Keypair(object):
         # return result as a dict
 
         """Serialize the object into a dictionary."""
-
         result = {
             'changed': self.changed,
             'size': self.size,
             'type': self.type,
             'filename': self.path,
-            'fingerprint': self.fingerprint,
+            # On removal this has no value
+            'fingerprint': self.fingerprint[1] if self.fingerprint else '',
             'public_key': self.public_key,
         }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/openssh_keypair/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/openssh_keypair/tasks/main.yml
index df715e0c2f6..f96675dc9b8 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/openssh_keypair/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/openssh_keypair/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   connection: local
   openssh_keypair:
     path: '{{ output_dir }}/privatekey1'
+  register: privatekey1_result
 
 - name: Generate privatekey2 - size 2048
   openssh_keypair:
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/openssh_keypair/tests/validate.yml b/test/integration/targets/openssh_keypair/tests/validate.yml
index fd9d789293b..47fa6259ff8 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/openssh_keypair/tests/validate.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/openssh_keypair/tests/validate.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
+- name: Log privatekey1 return values
+  debug:
+    var: privatekey1_result
+
+- name: Validate privatekey1 return fingerprint
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - privatekey1_result["fingerprint"] is string
+      - privatekey1_result["fingerprint"].startswith("SHA256:")
+  # only distro old enough that it still gives md5 with no prefix
+  when: ansible_distribution != 'CentOS' and ansible_distribution_major_version != '6'
+
+- name: Validate privatekey1 return public_key
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - privatekey1_result["public_key"] is string
+      - privatekey1_result["public_key"].startswith("ssh-rsa ")
+
+- name: Validate privatekey1 return size value
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - privatekey1_result["size"]|type_debug == 'int'
+      - privatekey1_result["size"] == 4096
+
+- name: Validate privatekey1 return key type
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - privatekey1_result["type"] is string
+      - privatekey1_result["type"] == "rsa"
+
 - name: Validate privatekey1 (test - RSA key with size 4096 bits)
   shell: "ssh-keygen -lf {{ output_dir }}/privatekey1 | grep -o -E '^[0-9]+'"
   register: privatekey1