diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py
index f1c5f0c23f..1bb52da4c8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/apt.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ version_added: "0.0.2"
 options:
   name:
     description:
-      - A package name, like C(foo), or package specifier with version, like C(foo=1.0). Wildcards (fnmatch) like apt* are also supported.
+      - A package name, like C(foo), or package specifier with version, like C(foo=1.0). Name wildcards (fnmatch) like C(apt*) and version wildcards like C(foo=1.0*) are also supported.
     required: false
     default: null
   state: