diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/amazon/cloudtrail.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/amazon/cloudtrail.py
index 7e76f4848b..8a8fad3341 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/amazon/cloudtrail.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/cloud/amazon/cloudtrail.py
@@ -80,16 +80,25 @@ extends_documentation_fragment: aws
 EXAMPLES = """
   - name: enable cloudtrail
     local_action: cloudtrail
-      state=enabled name=main s3_bucket_name=ourbucket
-      s3_key_prefix=cloudtrail region=us-east-1
+      state: enabled
+      name: main
+      s3_bucket_name: ourbucket
+      s3_key_prefix: cloudtrail
+      region: us-east-1
 
   - name: enable cloudtrail with different configuration
     local_action: cloudtrail
-      state=enabled name=main s3_bucket_name=ourbucket2
-      s3_key_prefix='' region=us-east-1
+      state: enabled
+      name: main
+      s3_bucket_name: ourbucket2
+      s3_key_prefix: ''
+      region: us-east-1
 
   - name: remove cloudtrail
-    local_action: cloudtrail state=disabled name=main region=us-east-1
+    local_action: cloudtrail
+      state: disabled
+      name: main
+      region: us-east-1
 """
 
 HAS_BOTO = False