diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/net_tools/nios/api.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/net_tools/nios/api.py
index 83be2b8794d..101decd0d96 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/net_tools/nios/api.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/net_tools/nios/api.py
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ nios_provider_spec = {
     'http_pool_connections': dict(type='int', default=10),
     'http_pool_maxsize': dict(type='int', default=10),
     'max_retries': dict(type='int', default=3),
-    'wapi_version': dict(default='1.4')
+    'wapi_version': dict(default='1.4'),
+    'max_results': dict(type='int', default=1000)
 }
 
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/nios.py b/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/nios.py
index 82c9ef6405e..3b37b7fe57f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/nios.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/nios.py
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ options:
             variable.
         required: false
         default: 1.4
+      max_results:
+        description:
+          - Specifies the maximum number of objects to be returned,
+            if set to a negative number the appliance will return an error when the
+            number of returned objects would exceed the setting.
+          - Value can also be specified using C(INFOBLOX_MAX_RESULTS) environment
+            variable.
+        required: false
+        default: 1000
 notes:
   - "This module must be run locally, which can be achieved by specifying C(connection: local)."
 """
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/net_tools/nios/test_api.py b/test/units/module_utils/net_tools/nios/test_api.py
index a93d4b3ac87..8dbb6b4525e 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/net_tools/nios/test_api.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/net_tools/nios/test_api.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class TestNiosApi(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_get_provider_spec(self):
         provider_options = ['host', 'username', 'password', 'ssl_verify', 'silent_ssl_warnings',
                             'http_request_timeout', 'http_pool_connections',
-                            'http_pool_maxsize', 'max_retries', 'wapi_version']
+                            'http_pool_maxsize', 'max_retries', 'wapi_version', 'max_results']
         res = api.WapiBase.provider_spec
         self.assertIsNotNone(res)
         self.assertIn('provider', res)