diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum_repository.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum_repository.py
index e7ab9daab67..f247bec6346 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum_repository.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/yum_repository.py
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ def main():
             description=dict(),
             enabled=dict(type='bool'),
             enablegroups=dict(type='bool'),
-            exclude=dict(),
+            exclude=dict(type='list'),
             failovermethod=dict(choices=['roundrobin', 'priority']),
             file=dict(),
             gpgcakey=dict(),
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ def main():
             gpgkey=dict(type='list'),
             http_caching=dict(choices=['all', 'packages', 'none']),
             include=dict(),
-            includepkgs=dict(),
+            includepkgs=dict(type='list'),
             ip_resolve=dict(choices=['4', '6', 'IPv4', 'IPv6', 'whatever']),
             keepalive=dict(type='bool'),
             keepcache=dict(choices=['0', '1']),
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/yum_repository/tasks/yum_repository_centos.yml b/test/integration/targets/yum_repository/tasks/yum_repository_centos.yml
index 596c3c730d2..6a3f25b4216 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/yum_repository/tasks/yum_repository_centos.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/yum_repository/tasks/yum_repository_centos.yml
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@
     async: no
     enablegroups: no
     file: epel2
-    exclude:
-      - sl
     ip_resolve: 4
     keepalive: no
   register: epel_add
@@ -106,7 +104,6 @@
       - "'async = 0' in repofile"
       - "'name = New description' in repofile"
       - "'enablegroups = 0' in repofile"
-      - "\"exclude = ['sl']\" in repofile"
       - "'ip_resolve = 4' in repofile"
       - "'keepalive = 0' in repofile"
 
@@ -118,8 +115,6 @@
     async: no
     enablegroups: no
     file: epel2
-    exclude:
-      - sl
     ip_resolve: 4
     keepalive: no
   register: epel_add
@@ -147,7 +142,7 @@
   assert:
     that: not epel_add.changed
 
-- name: Test list for baseurl and gpgkey
+- name: Test list options
   yum_repository:
     name: listtest
     description: Testing list feature
@@ -157,6 +152,12 @@
     gpgkey:
       - gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}
       - gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG2-KEY-EPEL-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}
+    exclude:
+      - aaa
+      - bbb
+    includepkgs:
+      - ccc
+      - ddd
 
 - set_fact:
     repofile: "{{ lookup('file', '/etc/yum.repos.d/listtest.repo') }}"
@@ -168,6 +169,8 @@
       - "'download2.fedoraproject.org' in repofile"
       - "'RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL' in repofile"
       - "'RPM-GPG2-KEY-EPEL' in repofile"
+      - "'aaa bbb' in repofile"
+      - "'ccc ddd' in repofile"
     value:
 
 - name: Cleanup list test repo
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/yum_repository/tasks/yum_repository_fedora.yml b/test/integration/targets/yum_repository/tasks/yum_repository_fedora.yml
index 866bc6710b6..92693190457 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/yum_repository/tasks/yum_repository_fedora.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/yum_repository/tasks/yum_repository_fedora.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
       - "'async = 0' in repofile"
       - "'name = New description' in repofile"
       - "'enablegroups = 0' in repofile"
-      - "\"exclude = ['libbdplus']\" in repofile"
+      - "'exclude = libbdplus' in repofile"
       - "'ip_resolve = 4' in repofile"
       - "'keepalive = 0' in repofile"