# Error-- missing documentation (or could not parse documentation): expected string or buffer

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-missing-documentation-or-could-not-parse-documentation-expected-string-or-buffer/30691>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [July 1, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-missing-documentation-or-could-not-parse-documentation-expected-string-or-buffer/30691 "2019-07-01T14:43:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tanisha\_Mishra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@Tanisha\_Mishra](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tanisha_Mishra)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-missing-documentation-or-could-not-parse-documentation-expected-string-or-buffer/30691/1 "2019-07-01T14:43:17Z")

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Hi guys,

I am trying to import a custom python module.  
It is listing successfully in “ansible-doc --list” but shows documentation error.

ERROR! module eip\_solid\_server missing documentation (or could not parse documentation): expected string or buffer

Here “eip\_solid\_server” is the python file.

Can somebody helpout ?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-missing-documentation-or-could-not-parse-documentation-expected-string-or-buffer/30691/2 "2019-07-05T14:12:42Z")

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-vvv should give you a more precise error, you probably have invalid  
YAML formatting in your docs.