diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_group.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_group.py
index 4aad121878..730f791190 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_group.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_group.py
@@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ class HostGroup(object):
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
-            server_url=dict(required=True, aliases=['url']),
-            login_user=dict(required=True),
-            login_password=dict(required=True, no_log=True),
-            host_groups=dict(required=True, aliases=['host_group']),
+            server_url=dict(type='str', required=True, aliases=['url']),
+            login_user=dict(type='str', required=True),
+            login_password=dict(type='str', required=True, no_log=True),
+            host_groups=dict(type='list', required=True, aliases=['host_group']),
             state=dict(default="present", choices=['present','absent']),
             timeout=dict(type='int', default=10)
         ),
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_host.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_host.py
index 5edf5f04d3..d71c8b8d58 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_host.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_host.py
@@ -364,18 +364,18 @@ class Host(object):
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
-            server_url=dict(required=True, default=None, aliases=['url']),
-            login_user=dict(required=True),
-            login_password=dict(required=True, no_log=True),
-            host_name=dict(required=True),
-            host_groups=dict(required=False),
-            link_templates=dict(required=False),
+            server_url=dict(type='str', required=True, aliases=['url']),
+            login_user=dict(rtype='str', equired=True),
+            login_password=dict(type='str', required=True, no_log=True),
+            host_name=dict(type='str', required=True),
+            host_groups=dict(type='list', required=False),
+            link_templates=dict(type='list', required=False),
             status=dict(default="enabled", choices=['enabled', 'disabled']),
             state=dict(default="present", choices=['present', 'absent']),
             timeout=dict(type='int', default=10),
-            interfaces=dict(required=False),
-            force=dict(default=True, type='bool'),
-            proxy=dict(required=False)
+            interfaces=dict(type='list', required=False),
+            force=dict(type='bool', default=True),
+            proxy=dict(type='str', required=False)
         ),
         supports_check_mode=True
     )
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_hostmacro.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_hostmacro.py
index 8ab3e484ec..4f3eae881a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_hostmacro.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_hostmacro.py
@@ -169,12 +169,12 @@ class HostMacro(object):
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
-            server_url=dict(required=True, default=None, aliases=['url']),
-            login_user=dict(required=True),
-            login_password=dict(required=True, no_log=True),
-            host_name=dict(required=True),
-            macro_name=dict(required=True),
-            macro_value=dict(required=True),
+            server_url=dict(type='str', required=True, aliases=['url']),
+            login_user=dict(type='str', required=True),
+            login_password=dict(type='str', required=True, no_log=True),
+            host_name=dict(type='str', required=True),
+            macro_name=dict(type='str', required=True),
+            macro_value=dict(type='str', required=True),
             state=dict(default="present", choices=['present', 'absent']),
             timeout=dict(type='int', default=10)
         ),
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_maintenance.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_maintenance.py
index 2d61138291..d8b6516581 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_maintenance.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_maintenance.py
@@ -266,14 +266,14 @@ def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
             state=dict(required=False, default='present', choices=['present', 'absent']),
-            server_url=dict(required=True, default=None, aliases=['url']),
+            server_url=dict(type='str', required=True, default=None, aliases=['url']),
             host_names=dict(type='list', required=False, default=None, aliases=['host_name']),
             minutes=dict(type='int', required=False, default=10),
             host_groups=dict(type='list', required=False, default=None, aliases=['host_group']),
-            login_user=dict(required=True),
-            login_password=dict(required=True, no_log=True),
-            name=dict(required=True),
-            desc=dict(required=False, default="Created by Ansible"),
+            login_user=dict(type='str', required=True),
+            login_password=dict(type='str', required=True, no_log=True),
+            name=dict(type='str', required=True),
+            desc=dict(type='str', required=False, default="Created by Ansible"),
             collect_data=dict(type='bool', required=False, default=True),
         ),
         supports_check_mode=True,
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_screen.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_screen.py
index dfa6196164..f904c550ae 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_screen.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/zabbix_screen.py
@@ -315,9 +315,9 @@ class Screen(object):
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
-            server_url=dict(required=True, default=None, aliases=['url']),
-            login_user=dict(required=True),
-            login_password=dict(required=True, no_log=True),
+            server_url=dict(type='str', required=True, aliases=['url']),
+            login_user=dict(type='str', required=True),
+            login_password=dict(type='str', required=True, no_log=True),
             timeout=dict(type='int', default=10),
             screens=dict(type='list', required=True)
         ),