diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_iis_webapppool.py b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_iis_webapppool.py
index e5cf1110333..d5a79c7328c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_iis_webapppool.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_iis_webapppool.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
 - name: Restart an application pool (non-idempotent)
   win_iis_webapppool:
     name: AppPool
-    state: restart
+    state: restarted
 
 - name: Change application pool attributes using new dict style
   win_iis_webapppool: