diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/actionable.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/actionable.py
index 50a46c775bd..6d6df3cc56f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/actionable.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/actionable.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
       - set as stdout callback in configuration
 '''
 
+from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible.plugins.callback.default import CallbackModule as CallbackModule_default
 
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):
         self.super_ref = super(CallbackModule, self)
         self.super_ref.__init__()
         self.last_task = None
+        self.last_task_banner = None
         self.shown_title = False
 
     def v2_playbook_on_handler_task_start(self, task):
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):
 
     def v2_playbook_on_task_start(self, task, is_conditional):
         self.last_task = task
+        self.last_task_banner = self._get_task_banner(task)
         self.shown_title = False
 
     def display_task_banner(self):
@@ -48,6 +51,33 @@ class CallbackModule(CallbackModule_default):
             self.super_ref.v2_playbook_on_task_start(self.last_task, None)
             self.shown_title = True
 
+    def _print_task_banner(self, task):
+        self._display.banner(self.last_task_banner)
+        self._print_task_path(self.last_task)
+        self._last_task_banner = self.last_task._uuid
+
+    def _print_task_path(self, task):
+        if self._display.verbosity >= 2:
+            path = task.get_path()
+            if path:
+                self._display.display(u"task path: %s" % path, color=C.COLOR_DEBUG)
+
+    def _get_task_banner(self, task):
+        # args can be specified as no_log in several places: in the task or in
+        # the argument spec.  We can check whether the task is no_log but the
+        # argument spec can't be because that is only run on the target
+        # machine and we haven't run it thereyet at this time.
+        #
+        # So we give people a config option to affect display of the args so
+        # that they can secure this if they feel that their stdout is insecure
+        # (shoulder surfing, logging stdout straight to a file, etc).
+        args = ''
+        if not task.no_log and C.DISPLAY_ARGS_TO_STDOUT:
+            args = u', '.join(u'%s=%s' % a for a in task.args.items())
+            args = u' %s' % args
+
+        return u"TASK [%s%s]" % (task.get_name().strip(), args)
+
     def v2_runner_on_failed(self, result, ignore_errors=False):
         self.display_task_banner()
         self.super_ref.v2_runner_on_failed(result, ignore_errors)