diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/eos/eos_config.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/eos/eos_config.py
index 690e4457795..45915249104 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/eos/eos_config.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/eos/eos_config.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.eos import check_args
 
 
 def get_candidate(module):
-    candidate = NetworkConfig(indent=3)
+    candidate = NetworkConfig(indent=2)
     if module.params['src']:
         candidate.load(module.params['src'])
     elif module.params['lines']:
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ def get_running_config(module, config=None):
             if module.params['defaults']:
                 flags.append('all')
             contents = get_config(module, flags=flags)
-    return NetworkConfig(indent=3, contents=contents)
+    return NetworkConfig(indent=2, contents=contents)
 
 
 def main():