diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_snapshot.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_snapshot.py
index 157bc56b2f1..758497886cf 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_snapshot.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_snapshot.py
@@ -131,24 +131,15 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     description: Done with Ansible
     save_snapshot_locally: true
     path: /home/user/snapshots/
-    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
-    username: "{{ un }}"
-    password: "{{ pwd }}"
 
 # Delete a snapshot
 - nxos_snapshot:
     action: delete
     snapshot_name: test_snapshot
-    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
-    username: "{{ un }}"
-    password: "{{ pwd }}"
 
 # Delete all existing snapshots
 - nxos_snapshot:
     action: delete_all
-    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
-    username: "{{ un }}"
-    password: "{{ pwd }}"
 
 # Add a show command for snapshots creation
 - nxos_snapshot:
@@ -156,9 +147,6 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     show_command: show ip interface brief
     row_id: ROW_intf
     element_key1: intf-name
-    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
-    username: "{{ un }}"
-    password: "{{ pwd }}"
 
 # Compare two snapshots
 - nxos_snapshot:
@@ -168,47 +156,16 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     comparison_results_file: compare_snapshots.txt
     compare_option: summary
     path: '../snapshot_reports/'
-    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
-    username: "{{ un }}"
-    password: "{{ pwd }}"
 '''
 
 RETURN = '''
-existing_snapshots:
-    description: list of existing snapshots.
-    returned: verbose mode
-    type: list
-    sample: [{"date": "Tue Sep 13 10:58:08 2016",
-              "description": "First snapshot", "name": "first_snap"},
-            {"date": "Tue Sep 13 10:27:31 2016", "description": "Pre-snapshot",
-            "name": "pre_snapshot"}]
-final_snapshots:
-    description: list of final snapshots.
-    returned: verbose mode
-    type: list
-    sample: [{"date": "Tue Sep 13 10:58:08 2016",
-              "description": "First snapshot", "name": "first_snap"},
-            {"date": "Tue Sep 13 10:27:31 2016", "description": "Pre-snapshot",
-            "name": "pre_snapshot"},
-            {"date": "Tue Sep 13 10:37:50 2016", "description": "Post-snapshot",
-            "name": "post_snapshot"}]
-report_file:
-    description: name of the file where the new snapshot or snapshots
-                 comparison have been stored.
-    returned: verbose mode
-    type: string
-    sample: "/home/gabriele/Desktop/ntc-ansible/ansible_snapshot"
-updates:
+commands:
     description: commands sent to the device
     returned: verbose mode
     type: list
     sample: ["snapshot create post_snapshot Post-snapshot"]
-changed:
-    description: check to see if a change was made on the device
-    returned: always
-    type: boolean
-    sample: true
 '''
+
 import os
 import re
 
@@ -217,14 +174,13 @@ from ansible.module_utils.nxos import load_config, run_commands
 from ansible.module_utils.nxos import nxos_argument_spec, check_args
 
 
-def execute_show_command(command, module, command_type='cli_show_ascii'):
-    cmds = [command]
-    if module.params['transport'] == 'cli':
-        body = run_commands(module, cmds)
-    elif module.params['transport'] == 'nxapi':
-        body = run_commands(module, cmds)
+def execute_show_command(command, module):
+    command = [{
+        'command': command,
+        'output': 'text',
+    }]
 
-    return body
+    return run_commands(module, command)
 
 
 def get_existing(module):
@@ -433,45 +389,20 @@ def main():
         module.fail_json(msg='snapshot_name is required when action=delete')
 
     existing_snapshots = invoke('get_existing', module)
-    final_snapshots = existing_snapshots
-    changed = False
-
     action_results = invoke('action_%s' % action, module, existing_snapshots)
 
-    result = {}
-    written_file = ''
-    if module.check_mode and action != 'compare':
-        module.exit_json(changed=True, commands=action_results)
-    else:
+    result = {'changed': False, 'commands': []}
+
+    if not module.check_mode:
         if action == 'compare':
-            written_file = write_on_file(action_results,
-                          module.params['comparison_results_file'],
-                module)
-            result['updates'] = []
+            result['commands'] = []
         else:
             if action_results:
                 load_config(module, action_results)
-                changed = True
-                final_snapshots = invoke('get_existing', module)
-                result['updates'] = action_results
-
-                if (action == 'create' and
-                        module.params['save_snapshot_locally']):
-                    snapshot = get_snapshot(module)
-                    written_file = write_on_file(snapshot,
-                                    module.params['snapshot_name'], module)
-
-    result['changed'] = changed
-    if module._verbosity > 0:
-        end_state = invoke('get_existing', module)
-        result['final_snapshots'] = final_snapshots
-        result['existing_snapshots'] = existing_snapshots
-        if written_file:
-            result['report_file'] = written_file
+                result['commands'] = action_results
+                result['changed'] = True
 
     module.exit_json(**result)
 
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
-
+        main()