diff --git a/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/docker/fetch_configs.yml b/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/docker/fetch_configs.yml
index e4fe5f0a6..14a4638e4 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/docker/fetch_configs.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/docker/fetch_configs.yml
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
   register: statconfig
 
 - name: try to fetch ceph config and keys
-  copy: >
-    src={{ fetch_directory }}/docker_mon_files/{{ item.0 }}
-    dest={{ item.0 }}
-    owner=root
-    group=root
-    mode=644
+  copy:
+    src: "{{ fetch_directory }}/docker_mon_files/{{ item.0 }}"
+    dest: "{{ item.0 }}"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 644
   changed_when: false
   with_together:
     - ceph_config_keys
diff --git a/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/docker/pre_requisite.yml b/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/docker/pre_requisite.yml
index 5ba88d842..895c5e956 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/docker/pre_requisite.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/docker/pre_requisite.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 - name: create mds bootstrap directory
-  file: >
-    path=/var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-mds
-    state=directory
+  file:
+    path: /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-mds
+    state: directory
 
 # NOTE (leseb): for version 1.1.0 because https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/1227
 - name: install docker-py
-  pip: >
-    name=docker-py
-    version=1.1.0
+  pip:
+    name: docker-py
+    version: 1.1.0
diff --git a/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/docker/start_docker_mds.yml b/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/docker/start_docker_mds.yml
index e77e503d3..735529ff6 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/docker/start_docker_mds.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/docker/start_docker_mds.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ---
 - name: run the ceph medata docker image
-  docker: >
-    image="{{ ceph_mds_docker_username }}/{{ ceph_mds_docker_imagename }}"
-    name=ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}-mds
-    net=host
-    state=running
-    env="CEPH_DAEMON=MDS,CEPHFS_CREATE=1,{{ ceph_mds_docker_extra_env }}"
-    volumes="/var/lib/ceph:/var/lib/ceph,/etc/ceph:/etc/ceph"
+  docker:
+    image: "{{ ceph_mds_docker_username }}/{{ ceph_mds_docker_imagename }}"
+    name: ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}-mds
+    net: host
+    state: running
+    env: "CEPH_DAEMON=MDS,CEPHFS_CREATE=1,{{ ceph_mds_docker_extra_env }}"
+    volumes: "/var/lib/ceph:/var/lib/ceph,/etc/ceph:/etc/ceph"
diff --git a/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/pre_requisite.yml b/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/pre_requisite.yml
index f48e7c72e..dbed1bc4d 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/pre_requisite.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-mds/tasks/pre_requisite.yml
@@ -2,45 +2,45 @@
 # Deploy Ceph metadata server(s)
 
 - name: copy mds bootstrap key
-  copy: >
-    src={{ fetch_directory }}/{{ fsid }}/var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-mds/ceph.keyring
-    dest=/var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-mds/ceph.keyring
-    owner=root
-    group=root
-    mode=600
+  copy:
+    src: "{{ fetch_directory }}/{{ fsid }}/var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-mds/ceph.keyring"
+    dest: /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-mds/ceph.keyring
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 600
   when: cephx
 
 - name: create mds directory
-  file: >
-    path=/var/lib/ceph/mds/ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}
-    state=directory
-    owner=root
-    group=root
-    mode=0644
+  file:
+    path: /var/lib/ceph/mds/ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0644
   when: cephx
 
 - name: create mds keyring
-  command: >
-    ceph --cluster ceph --name client.bootstrap-mds --keyring /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-mds/ceph.keyring auth get-or-create mds.{{ ansible_hostname }} osd 'allow rwx' mds 'allow' mon 'allow profile mds' -o /var/lib/ceph/mds/ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}/keyring
-    creates=/var/lib/ceph/mds/ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}/keyring
+  command: ceph --cluster ceph --name client.bootstrap-mds --keyring /var/lib/ceph/bootstrap-mds/ceph.keyring auth get-or-create mds.{{ ansible_hostname }} osd 'allow rwx' mds 'allow' mon 'allow profile mds' -o /var/lib/ceph/mds/ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}/keyring
+  args:
+    creates: /var/lib/ceph/mds/ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}/keyring
   changed_when: false
   when: cephx
 
 - name: set mds key permissions
-  file: >
-    path=/var/lib/ceph/mds/ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}/keyring
-    mode=0600
-    owner=root
-    group=root
+  file:
+    path: /var/lib/ceph/mds/ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}/keyring
+    mode: 0600
+    owner: root
+    group: root
   when: cephx
 
 - name: activate metadata server with upstart
-  file: >
-    path=/var/lib/ceph/mds/ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}/{{ item }}
-    state=touch
-    owner=root
-    group=root
-    mode=0600
+  file:
+    path: /var/lib/ceph/mds/ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}/{{ item }}
+    state: touch
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0600
   with_items:
     - done
     - upstart
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@
   when: ansible_distribution == "Ubuntu"
 
 - name: activate metadata server with sysvinit
-  file: >
-    path=/var/lib/ceph/mds/ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}/{{ item }}
-    state=touch
-    owner=root
-    group=root
-    mode=0600
+  file:
+    path: /var/lib/ceph/mds/ceph-{{ ansible_hostname }}/{{ item }}
+    state: touch
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0600
   with_items:
     - done
     - sysvinit
@@ -61,19 +61,19 @@
   when: ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu"
 
 - name: start and add that the metadata service to the init sequence (ubuntu)
-  service: >
-    name=ceph-mds
-    state=started
-    enabled=yes
-    args="id={{ ansible_hostname }}"
+  service:
+    name: ceph-mds
+    state: started
+    enabled: yes
+    args: "id={{ ansible_hostname }}"
   changed_when: false
   when: ansible_distribution == "Ubuntu"
 
 - name: start and add that the metadata service to the init sequence
-  service: >
-    name=ceph
-    state=started
-    enabled=yes
-    args=mds
+  service:
+    name: ceph
+    state: started
+    enabled: yes
+    args: mds
   changed_when: false
   when: ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu"