diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
index 91ea874d859..0391035e883 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
         if not 'changed' in kwargs:
             kwargs['changed'] = False
         if 'invocation' not in kwargs:
-            kwargs['invocation'] = self.params
+            kwargs['invocation'] = {'module_args': self.params}
         kwargs = remove_values(kwargs, self.no_log_values)
         self.do_cleanup_files()
         print(self.jsonify(kwargs))
@@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
         assert 'msg' in kwargs, "implementation error -- msg to explain the error is required"
         kwargs['failed'] = True
         if 'invocation' not in kwargs:
-            kwargs['invocation'] = self.params
+            kwargs['invocation'] = {'module_args': self.params}
         kwargs = remove_values(kwargs, self.no_log_values)
         self.do_cleanup_files()
         print(self.jsonify(kwargs))
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
index 765ba663164..5383f8afd43 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
@@ -460,9 +460,10 @@ class ActionBase(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
             if 'stderr' in res and res['stderr'].startswith(u'Traceback'):
                 data['exception'] = res['stderr']
             else:
-                data['msg'] = res.get('stdout', u'')
+                data['msg'] = "MODULE FAILURE"
+                data['module_stdout'] = res.get('stdout', u'')
                 if 'stderr' in res:
-                    data['msg'] += res['stderr']
+                    data['module_stderr'] = res['stderr']
 
         # pre-split stdout into lines, if stdout is in the data and there
         # isn't already a stdout_lines value there
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/normal.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/normal.py
index f9b55e1ff57..932ad8309c3 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/normal.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/normal.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
+from ansible.utils.vars import merge_hash
 
 
 class ActionModule(ActionBase):
@@ -27,7 +28,9 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
             task_vars = dict()
 
         results = super(ActionModule, self).run(tmp, task_vars)
-        results.update(self._execute_module(tmp=tmp, task_vars=task_vars))
+        # remove as modules might hide due to nolog
+        del results['invocation']['module_args']
+        results = merge_hash(results, self._execute_module(tmp=tmp, task_vars=task_vars))
         # Remove special fields from the result, which can only be set
         # internally by the executor engine. We do this only here in
         # the 'normal' action, as other action plugins may set this.