diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/75837-validate-modules-invalid-yaml.yml b/changelogs/fragments/75837-validate-modules-invalid-yaml.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2c57756bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/75837-validate-modules-invalid-yaml.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ansible-test sanity - correctly report invalid YAML in validate-modules (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/75837).
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ansible-test-sanity-validate-modules/ansible_collections/ns/col/plugins/modules/invalid_yaml_syntax.py b/test/integration/targets/ansible-test-sanity-validate-modules/ansible_collections/ns/col/plugins/modules/invalid_yaml_syntax.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5dd753f75a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ansible-test-sanity-validate-modules/ansible_collections/ns/col/plugins/modules/invalid_yaml_syntax.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+- key: "value"wrong
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- key: "value"wrong
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+- key: "value"wrong
+'''
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
+
+def main():
+    AnsibleModule(argument_spec=dict())
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ansible-test-sanity-validate-modules/expected.txt b/test/integration/targets/ansible-test-sanity-validate-modules/expected.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95f12f390ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ansible-test-sanity-validate-modules/expected.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+plugins/modules/invalid_yaml_syntax.py:0:0: deprecation-mismatch: "meta/runtime.yml" and DOCUMENTATION.deprecation do not agree.
+plugins/modules/invalid_yaml_syntax.py:0:0: missing-documentation: No DOCUMENTATION provided
+plugins/modules/invalid_yaml_syntax.py:8:15: documentation-syntax-error: DOCUMENTATION is not valid YAML
+plugins/modules/invalid_yaml_syntax.py:12:15: invalid-examples: EXAMPLES is not valid YAML
+plugins/modules/invalid_yaml_syntax.py:16:15: return-syntax-error: RETURN is not valid YAML
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ansible-test-sanity-validate-modules/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/ansible-test-sanity-validate-modules/runme.sh
index 1b051b3acab..1821e5a8bdd 100755
--- a/test/integration/targets/ansible-test-sanity-validate-modules/runme.sh
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ansible-test-sanity-validate-modules/runme.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ source ../collection/setup.sh
 
 set -eux
 
-ansible-test sanity --test validate-modules --color --truncate 0 "${@}"
+ansible-test sanity --test validate-modules --color --truncate 0 --failure-ok --lint "${@}" 1> actual-stdout.txt 2> actual-stderr.txt
+diff -u "${TEST_DIR}/expected.txt" actual-stdout.txt
+grep -f "${TEST_DIR}/expected.txt" actual-stderr.txt
 
 cd ../ps_only
 
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/utils.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/utils.py
index 5b20db8da9e..88d5b01af19 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/utils.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/validate-modules/validate_modules/utils.py
@@ -154,11 +154,9 @@ def parse_yaml(value, lineno, module, name, load_all=False, ansible_loader=False
         if load_all:
             data = list(data)
     except yaml.MarkedYAMLError as e:
-        e.problem_mark.line += lineno - 1
-        e.problem_mark.name = '%s.%s' % (module, name)
         errors.append({
             'msg': '%s is not valid YAML' % name,
-            'line': e.problem_mark.line + 1,
+            'line': e.problem_mark.line + lineno,
             'column': e.problem_mark.column + 1
         })
         traces.append(e)