diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/system/authorized_key.py b/lib/ansible/modules/system/authorized_key.py
index c92b2160a4a..4b0420708d1 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/system/authorized_key.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/system/authorized_key.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     - public_keys/doe-jane
 
 # Copies the key from the user who is running ansible to the remote machine user ubuntu
-- authorized_key: user=ubuntu key="{{ lookup('file', lookup('env','HOME') + "/.ssh/id_rsa.pub") }}"
+- authorized_key: user=ubuntu key="{{ lookup('file', lookup('env','HOME') + '/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}"
   become: yes
 
 '''