diff --git a/fail b/fail
index ec80be3abd0..389cadd8654 100644
--- a/fail
+++ b/fail
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ options:
 examples:
     - code: |
         action: fail msg="The system may not be provisioned according to the CMDB status." rc=100
-        only_if: "'$cmdb_status' != 'to-be-staged'"
+            only_if: "'$cmdb_status' != 'to-be-staged'"
 
       description: "Example playbook using fail and only_if together"