diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_checkmode.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_checkmode.rst index 03d96d75de..a7831d9b68 100644 --- a/docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_checkmode.rst +++ b/docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_checkmode.rst @@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ Showing Differences with ``--diff`` .. versionadded:: 1.1 The ``--diff`` option to ansible-playbook works great with ``--check`` (detailed above) but can also be used by itself. -When this flag is supplied and the modules supports this, Ansible will report back the changes made or, if used with ``--check``, the changes that would have been made. +When this flag is supplied and the module supports this, Ansible will report back the changes made or, if used with ``--check``, the changes that would have been made. This is mostly used in modules that manipulate files (i.e. template) but other modules might also show 'before and after' information (i.e. user). -Since the diff feature produces a large amount of output, it is best used when checking a single host at a time, like so:: +Since the diff feature produces a large amount of output, it is best used when checking a single host at a time. For example:: ansible-playbook foo.yml --check --diff --limit foo.example.com