diff --git a/examples/hosts.yaml b/examples/hosts.yaml
index d29e081b21e..3510746d646 100644
--- a/examples/hosts.yaml
+++ b/examples/hosts.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 ##  hosts:
 ##      green.example.com:
 ##          ansible_ssh_host: 191.168.100.32
+##          anyvariable: value
 ##      blue.example.com:
 ##      192.168.100.1:
 ##      192.168.100.10: