diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/monit.py b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/monit.py
index 35a386b6c6e..dda3f82d486 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/monit.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/extras/monitoring/monit.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ options:
         Ansible will sleep for five seconds between each check.
     required: false
     default: 300
-    version_added: "2.0"
+    version_added: "2.1"
 requirements: [ ]
 author: "Darryl Stoflet (@dstoflet)" 
 '''