diff --git a/apt b/apt
index bb40f7ff17d..4bf0faf4566 100755
--- a/apt
+++ b/apt
@@ -19,6 +19,84 @@
 # along with this software.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: apt
+short_description: Manages apt-packages (such as for Debian/Ubuntu).
+description:
+  - Manages apt-packages (such as for Debian/Ubuntu).
+version_added: "0.0.2"
+options:
+  name:
+    description:
+      - A package name or package specifier with version, like foo or foo=1.0
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  state:
+    description:
+      - Indicate the package state
+    required: false
+    default: present
+    choices: [ "installed", "latest", "remove", "absent", "present" ]
+  update_cache:
+    description:
+      - Run the equivalent of apt-get update before the operation. Can be run as part of the package installation or a seperate step
+    required: false
+    default: "no"
+    choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
+  purge:
+    description:
+     - Will forge purge of configuration files if state is set to 'absent'.
+    required: false
+    default: "no"
+    choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
+  default_release:
+    description:
+      - Corresponds to the -t option for apt and sets pin priorities
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  install_recommends:
+    description:
+      - Corresponds to the --no-install-recommends option for apt, default behavior works as apt's default behavior, 'no' does not install recommended packages. Suggested packages are never installed.
+    required: false
+    default: "no"
+    choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
+  force:
+    description:
+      - If ‘yes’, force installs/removes.
+    required: false
+    default: "no"
+    choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
+author: Matthew Williams
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = [
+"""
+- code: apt pkg=foo update-cache=yes
+  description: Update repositories cache and install 'foo' package
+""",
+"""
+- code: apt pkg=foo state=removed
+  description: Remove 'foo' package
+""",
+"""
+- code: apt pkg=foo state=installed
+  description: Install the the package 'foo'
+""",
+"""
+- code: apt pkg=foo=1.00 state=installed
+  description: Install the version '1.00' of package 'foo'
+""",
+"""
+- code: apt pkg=nginx state=latest default-release=squeeze-backports update-cache=yes
+  description: Update the repository cache and update package 'ngnix' to latest versione using default release 'squeeze-backport'
+""",
+"""
+- code: apt pkg=openjdk-6-jdk state=latest install-recommends=no
+  description: Install latest version of 'openjdk-6-jdk' ignoring 'install-recomands'
+"""
+]
+
 import traceback
 # added to stave off future warnings about apt api
 import warnings