diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/datadog_event.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/datadog_event.py
index 88d921bf91..30fb2cafd9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/datadog_event.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/datadog_event.py
@@ -95,14 +95,19 @@ options:
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
 # Post an event with low priority
-datadog_event: title="Testing from ansible" text="Test!" priority="low"
-               api_key: "9775a026f1ca7d1c6c5af9d94d9595a4"
-               app_key: "j4JyCYfefWHhgFgiZUqRm63AXHNZQyPGBfJtAzmN"
+- datadog_event:
+    title: Testing from ansible
+    text: Test
+    priority: low
+    api_key: 9775a026f1ca7d1c6c5af9d94d9595a4
+    app_key: j4JyCYfefWHhgFgiZUqRm63AXHNZQyPGBfJtAzmN
 # Post an event with several tags
-datadog_event: title="Testing from ansible" text="Test!"
-               api_key: "9775a026f1ca7d1c6c5af9d94d9595a4"
-               app_key: "j4JyCYfefWHhgFgiZUqRm63AXHNZQyPGBfJtAzmN"
-               tags=aa,bb,#host:{{ inventory_hostname }}
+- datadog_event:
+    title: Testing from ansible
+    text: Test
+    api_key: 9775a026f1ca7d1c6c5af9d94d9595a4
+    app_key: j4JyCYfefWHhgFgiZUqRm63AXHNZQyPGBfJtAzmN
+    tags: 'aa,bb,#host:{{ inventory_hostname }}'
 '''
 
 # Import Datadog