diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_tags.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_tags.rst
index 6ca2aec5127..0e176d0f3ac 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_tags.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/user_guide/playbooks_tags.rst
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ If you want to apply a tag to many, but not all, of the tasks in your play, use
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
    # myrole/tasks/main.yml
-   tasks:
    - name: ntp tasks
      tags: ntp
      block: