diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/basics/uri.py b/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/basics/uri.py
index 455d7729c92..f1c0c747b63 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/basics/uri.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/net_tools/basics/uri.py
@@ -259,6 +259,55 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
     method: POST
     src: /path/to/my/file.json
     remote_src: yes
+
+- name: Pause play until a URL is reachable from this host
+  uri:
+    url: "http://192.0.2.1/some/test"
+    follow_redirects: none
+    method: GET
+  register: _result
+  until: _result.status == 200
+  retries: 720 # 720 * 5 seconds = 1hour (60*60/5)
+  delay: 5 # Every 5 seconds
+
+# There are issues in a supporting Python library that is discussed in
+# https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/52705 where a proxy is defined
+# but you want to bypass proxy use on CIDR masks by using no_proxy
+- name: Work around a python issue that doesn't support no_proxy envvar
+  uri:
+    follow_redirects: none
+    validate_certs: false
+    timeout: 5
+    url: "http://{{ ip_address }}:{{ port | default(80) }}"
+  register: uri_data
+  failed_when: false
+  changed_when: false
+  vars:
+    ip_address: 192.0.2.1
+  environment: |
+      {
+        {% for no_proxy in (lookup('env', 'no_proxy') | regex_replace('\s*,\s*', ' ') ).split() %}
+          {% if no_proxy | regex_search('\/') and
+                no_proxy | ipaddr('net') != '' and
+                no_proxy | ipaddr('net') != false and
+                ip_address | ipaddr(no_proxy) is not none and
+                ip_address | ipaddr(no_proxy) != false %}
+            'no_proxy': '{{ ip_address }}'
+          {% elif no_proxy | regex_search(':') != '' and
+                  no_proxy | regex_search(':') != false and
+                  no_proxy == ip_address + ':' + (port | default(80)) %}
+            'no_proxy': '{{ ip_address }}:{{ port | default(80) }}'
+          {% elif no_proxy | ipaddr('host') != '' and
+                  no_proxy | ipaddr('host') != false and
+                  no_proxy == ip_address %}
+            'no_proxy': '{{ ip_address }}'
+          {% elif no_proxy | regex_search('^(\*|)\.') != '' and
+                  no_proxy | regex_search('^(\*|)\.') != false and
+                  no_proxy | regex_replace('\*', '') in ip_address %}
+            'no_proxy': '{{ ip_address }}'
+          {% endif %}
+        {% endfor %}
+      }
 '''
 
 RETURN = r'''