diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/7046-snap-newline-before-separator.yml b/changelogs/fragments/7046-snap-newline-before-separator.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2b6ded381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/7046-snap-newline-before-separator.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - snap - fix crash when multiple snaps are specified and one has ``---`` in its description (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/7046).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/snap.py b/plugins/modules/snap.py
index f92f42636e..485744d910 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/snap.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/snap.py
@@ -303,7 +303,10 @@ class Snap(StateModuleHelper):
             return [name]
 
         def process_many(rc, out, err):
-            outputs = out.split("---")
+            # This needs to be "\n---" instead of just "---" because otherwise
+            # if a snap uses "---" in its description then that will incorrectly
+            # be interpreted as a separator between snaps in the output.
+            outputs = out.split("\n---")
             res = []
             for sout in outputs:
                 res.extend(process_one(rc, sout, ""))