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+DOCUMENTATION='''
+---
+module: win_reboot
+short_description: Reboot a windows machine
+description:
+     - Reboot a Windows machine, wait for it to go down, come back up, and respond to commands.
+version_added: "2.1"
+options:
+  pre_reboot_delay_sec:
+    description:
+    - Seconds for shutdown to wait before requesting reboot
+    default: 2
+  shutdown_timeout_sec:
+    description:
+    - Maximum seconds to wait for shutdown to occur
+    - Increase this timeout for very slow hardware, large update applications, etc
+    default: 600
+  reboot_timeout_sec:
+    description:
+    - Maximum seconds to wait for machine to re-appear on the network and respond to a test command
+    - This timeout is evaluated separately for both network appearance and test command success (so maximum clock time is actually twice this value)
+    default: 600
+  connect_timeout_sec:
+    description:
+    - Maximum seconds to wait for a single successful TCP connection to the WinRM endpoint before trying again
+    default: 5
+  test_command:
+    description:
+    - Command to expect success for to determine the machine is ready for management
+    default: whoami
+author:
+    - Matt Davis (@nitzmahone)
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES='''
+# unconditionally reboot the machine with all defaults
+- win_reboot:
+
+# apply updates and reboot if necessary
+- win_updates:
+  register: update_result
+- win_reboot:
+  when: update_result.reboot_required
+
+# reboot a slow machine that might have lots of updates to apply
+- win_reboot:
+    shutdown_timeout_sec: 3600
+    reboot_timeout_sec: 3600
+'''
+
+RETURNS='''
+rebooted:
+    description: true if the machine was rebooted
+    returned: always
+    type: boolean
+    sample: true
+'''