diff --git a/windows/win_get_url.py b/windows/win_get_url.py
index 1492cb44f05..041eb563d00 100644
--- a/windows/win_get_url.py
+++ b/windows/win_get_url.py
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ options:
     description:
       - If C(yes), will always download the file.  If C(no), will only
         download the file if it does not exist or the remote file has been
-        modified more recently than the local file.
+        modified more recently than the local file.  This works by sending
+        an http HEAD request to retrieve last modified time of the requested
+        resource, so for this to work, the remote web server must support
+        HEAD requests.
     version_added: "2.0"
     required: false
     choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
@@ -87,25 +90,37 @@ options:
 EXAMPLES = r'''
 # Downloading a JPEG and saving it to a file with the ansible command.
 # Note the "dest" is quoted rather instead of escaping the backslashes
-$ ansible -i hosts -c winrm -m win_get_url -a "url=http://www.example.com/earthrise.jpg dest='C:\Users\Administrator\earthrise.jpg'" all
+$ ansible -i hosts -c winrm -m win_get_url -a "url=http://www.example.com/earthrise.jpg dest='C:\\Users\\Administrator\\earthrise.jpg'" all
 
 # Playbook example
-- name: Download earthrise.jpg to 'C:\Users\RandomUser\earthrise.jpg'
+- name: Download earthrise.jpg to 'C:\\Users\\RandomUser\\earthrise.jpg'
   win_get_url:
     url: 'http://www.example.com/earthrise.jpg'
-    dest: 'C:\Users\RandomUser\earthrise.jpg'
+    dest: 'C:\\Users\\RandomUser\\earthrise.jpg'
 
-- name: Download earthrise.jpg to 'C:\Users\RandomUser\earthrise.jpg' only if modified
+- name: Download earthrise.jpg to 'C:\\Users\\RandomUser\\earthrise.jpg' only if modified
   win_get_url:
     url: 'http://www.example.com/earthrise.jpg'
-    dest: 'C:\Users\RandomUser\earthrise.jpg'
+    dest: 'C:\\Users\\RandomUser\\earthrise.jpg'
     force: no
 
-- name: Download earthrise.jpg to 'C:\Users\RandomUser\earthrise.jpg' through a proxy server.
+- name: Download earthrise.jpg to 'C:\\Users\\RandomUser\\earthrise.jpg' through a proxy server.
   win_get_url:
     url: 'http://www.example.com/earthrise.jpg'
-    dest: 'C:\Users\RandomUser\earthrise.jpg'
+    dest: 'C:\\Users\\RandomUser\\earthrise.jpg'
     proxy_url: 'http://10.0.0.1:8080'
     proxy_username: 'username'
     proxy_password: 'password'
 '''
+RETURN = '''
+url:
+    description: requested url
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: 'http://www.example.com/earthrise.jpg'
+dest:
+    description: destination file/path
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: 'C:\\Users\\RandomUser\\earthrise.jpg'
+'''