diff --git a/docsite/rst/intro_configuration.rst b/docsite/rst/intro_configuration.rst
index d5506bd0847..68a92abed52 100644
--- a/docsite/rst/intro_configuration.rst
+++ b/docsite/rst/intro_configuration.rst
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ Instead of calling the module once for each item, the module is called once with
 
 The default value for this setting is only for certain package managers, but it can be used for any module::
 
-    squash_actions = apk,apt,dnf,package,pacman,pkgng,yum,zypper
+    squash_actions = apk,apt,dnf,homebrew,package,pacman,pkgng,yum,zypper
 
 Currently, this is only supported for modules that have a name parameter, and only when the item is the
 only thing being passed to the parameter.
diff --git a/examples/ansible.cfg b/examples/ansible.cfg
index fac5181f11b..1ad716f69cb 100644
--- a/examples/ansible.cfg
+++ b/examples/ansible.cfg
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 # when looping. Instead of calling the module once per with_ item, the
 # module is called once with all items at once. Currently this only works
 # under limited circumstances, and only with parameters named 'name'.
-#squash_actions = apk,apt,dnf,package,pacman,pkgng,yum,zypper
+#squash_actions = apk,apt,dnf,homebrew,package,pacman,pkgng,yum,zypper
 
 # prevents logging of task data, off by default
 #no_log = False
diff --git a/lib/ansible/constants.py b/lib/ansible/constants.py
index dd232fc8963..32e06f4fd2f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/constants.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/constants.py
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ DEFAULT_BECOME_ASK_PASS   = get_config(p, 'privilege_escalation', 'become_ask_pa
 # the module takes both, bad things could happen.
 # In the future we should probably generalize this even further
 # (mapping of param: squash field)
-DEFAULT_SQUASH_ACTIONS         = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'squash_actions',     'ANSIBLE_SQUASH_ACTIONS', "apk, apt, dnf, package, pacman, pkgng, yum, zypper", islist=True)
+DEFAULT_SQUASH_ACTIONS         = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'squash_actions',     'ANSIBLE_SQUASH_ACTIONS', "apk, apt, dnf, homebrew, package, pacman, pkgng, yum, zypper", islist=True)
 # paths
 DEFAULT_ACTION_PLUGIN_PATH     = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'action_plugins',     'ANSIBLE_ACTION_PLUGINS', '~/.ansible/plugins/action:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/action', ispathlist=True)
 DEFAULT_CACHE_PLUGIN_PATH      = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'cache_plugins',      'ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGINS', '~/.ansible/plugins/cache:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/cache', ispathlist=True)