# Minor doc error: apt\_repository

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/minor-doc-error-apt-repository/12131>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ubuntu\
**Created:** [December 11, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/minor-doc-error-apt-repository/12131 "2012-12-11T12:17:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Brian\_Candler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Brian\_Candler](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brian_Candler)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/minor-doc-error-apt-repository/12131/1 "2012-12-11T12:17:03Z")

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Not worth raising as a ticket, but I thought I’d report the following documentation problem at [http://ansible.cc/docs/modules.html#apt-repository](http://ansible.cc/docs/modules.html#apt-repository)

The example shows:

```auto
apt_repository: repo=ppa://nginx/stable

```

However I think the // should be removed. If I use

- action: apt\_repository repo=ppa://semiosis/ubuntu-glusterfs-3.3

then it creates a silly file “/etc/apt/sources.list.d/–precise.list”

But the following works:

- action: apt\_repository repo=ppa:semiosis/ubuntu-glusterfs-3.3

It create “/etc/apt/sources.list.d/semiosis-ubuntu-glusterfs-3\_3-precise.list” containing

deb [http://ppa.launchpad.net/semiosis/ubuntu-glusterfs-3.3/ubuntu](http://ppa.launchpad.net/semiosis/ubuntu-glusterfs-3.3/ubuntu) precise main  
deb-src [http://ppa.launchpad.net/semiosis/ubuntu-glusterfs-3.3/ubuntu](http://ppa.launchpad.net/semiosis/ubuntu-glusterfs-3.3/ubuntu) precise main

This all tested with ansible-0.7

Regards,

Brian.

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**Author:** ![Lorin\_Hochstein1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce73a5/32.png) [@Lorin\_Hochstein1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Lorin_Hochstein1)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/minor-doc-error-apt-repository/12131/2 "2012-12-12T04:04:48Z")

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I proposed a docfix here: [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/1755](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/1755)

Take care,

Lorin
