# Ansible docs help

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-docs-help/22318>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [August 18, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-docs-help/22318 "2016-08-18T15:39:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Donald\_Blodgett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@Donald\_Blodgett](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Donald_Blodgett)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-docs-help/22318/1 "2016-08-18T15:39:15Z")

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I am trying to find the listing of descriptions, valid and default values for playbook play parameters similar to the module index that lists these for each of the modules. Can anyone point me in the correct direction? Thanks

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**Author:** ![Trond\_Hindenes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/96bed5/32.png) [@Trond\_Hindenes](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Trond_Hindenes)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-docs-help/22318/2 "2016-08-20T09:28:13Z")

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you mean like “name”, “hosts”, “tasks”, “roles” and such? Good question, I don’t know if that’s properly organized anywhere.

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**Author:** ![Donald\_Blodgett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@Donald\_Blodgett](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Donald_Blodgett)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-docs-help/22318/3 "2016-08-22T17:10:47Z")

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Yes, those (and other parameters at the same level on plays, like become, gather\_facts, and run\_once) are what I am looking for. It’s unfortunate that they are not listed anywhere it would be very helpful, especially for people new to Ansible.

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**Author:** ![Werner\_Flamme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@Werner\_Flamme](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Werner_Flamme)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-docs-help/22318/4 "2016-08-23T09:08:55Z")

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Well, I first looked into  
\<[http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks\_intro.html&gt;](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_intro.html&gt;), and followed the  
links mentioned there 🙂

I'm lacking time to do real deep research, so I'm still not good at  
playbooks, but up to now they do what I want, even it it takes me quite  
some time to get there :).

Donald Blodgett [22.08.2016 19:10]:

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**Author:** ![Brian\_Coca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@Brian\_Coca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Coca)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-docs-help/22318/5 "2016-08-23T12:45:09Z")

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They are now listed, but no additional information, yet [http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks\_directives.html](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/playbooks_directives.html)

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**Author:** ![Donald\_Blodgett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@Donald\_Blodgett](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Donald_Blodgett)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-docs-help/22318/6 "2016-08-23T15:41:14Z")

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This is definitely a good start and provides a leaping off point to discover what these do. It is listing far more than I thought there was by reading through the other documentation on the site, very informative.