diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/rackspace/rax.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/rackspace/rax.py index 288d7307b82..874274c22f3 100644 --- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/rackspace/rax.py +++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/rackspace/rax.py @@ -314,7 +314,11 @@ def create(module, names=[], flavor=None, image=None, meta={}, key_name=None, block_device_mapping_v2=bdmv2, **extra_create_args)) except Exception, e: - module.fail_json(msg='%s' % e.message) + if e.message: + msg = str(e.message) + else: + msg = repr(e) + module.fail_json(msg=msg) else: changed = True