diff --git a/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst b/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst index 307387a72e5..122c0ef9232 100644 --- a/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst +++ b/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst @@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ Basically, anything that goes into "role defaults" (the defaults folder inside t .. [1] Tasks in each role will see their own role's defaults. Tasks defined outside of a role will see the last role's defaults. .. [2] Variables defined in inventory file or provided by dynamic inventory. -.. note:: Within a any section, redefining a var will overwrite the previous instance. +.. note:: Within any section, redefining a var will overwrite the previous instance. If multiple groups have the same variable, the last one loaded wins. If you define a variable twice in a play's vars: section, the 2nd one wins. .. note:: the previous describes the default config `hash_behavior=replace`, switch to 'merge' to only partially overwrite.