# How to view module docs for older collection versions?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-view-module-docs-for-older-collection-versions/41437>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** documentation\
**Created:** [March 31, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-view-module-docs-for-older-collection-versions/41437 "2025-03-31T18:43:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![sb0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@sb0](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sb0)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-view-module-docs-for-older-collection-versions/41437/1 "2025-03-31T18:43:31Z")

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Hi folks,

Quick question—how can I check the docs for an Ansible module from a _specific_ version of a collection (not the latest)?

For example, I want to see the Proxmox inventory module docs from community.general version **8.6.8**. So far, the only way I found is digging through the source code. Is there a better way?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-view-module-docs-for-older-collection-versions/41437/2 "2025-03-31T20:39:01Z")

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Using [docs.ansible.com](http://docs.ansible.com) probably isn’t the best way, but you can look at them on [galaxy.ansible.com](http://galaxy.ansible.com):

> **[Ansible Galaxy](https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/general/docs/?version=8.6.8)**

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https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/community/general/docs/?version=8.6.8

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**Author:** ![bcoca](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/bcoca/32/9269_2.png) [@bcoca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bcoca)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-view-module-docs-for-older-collection-versions/41437/3 "2025-03-31T20:52:48Z")

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Another option is using `ansible-doc` as it will always show docs for what is installed on your system

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**Author:** ![sb0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@sb0](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sb0)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-view-module-docs-for-older-collection-versions/41437/4 "2025-04-01T01:40:25Z")

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Ah! Thanks! docs on galaxy and _ansible-doc_ forgot about that one, will also solve the problem when using old versions of ansible-core 👍

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**Author:** ![bcoca](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/bcoca/32/9269_2.png) [@bcoca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bcoca)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-view-module-docs-for-older-collection-versions/41437/5 "2025-04-01T15:42:08Z")

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you can use new versions of core, you just need the right version of the collection