diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/lambda.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/lambda.py
index b172468246d..0a7ff2bbbbc 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/lambda.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/lambda.py
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ def set_tag(client, module, tags, function):
     try:
         current_tags = client.list_tags(Resource=arn).get('Tags', {})
     except ClientError as e:
-        module.fail_json(msg="Unable to list tags: {0}".format(to_native(e),
-                         exception=traceback.format_exc()))
+        module.fail_json(msg="Unable to list tags: {0}".format(to_native(e)),
+                         exception=traceback.format_exc())
 
     tags_to_add, tags_to_remove = compare_aws_tags(current_tags, tags, purge_tags=True)