Merge pull request #5759 from j2sol/register-hints

Add hints about what data goes into the variable
12 years ago · 34db2d17e3
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--- a/docsite/rst/playbooks_variables.rst
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@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ or variables defined elsewhere in the playbook.
 Registered Variables
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-Another major use of variables is running a command and using the result of that command to save the result into a variable.
+Another major use of variables is running a command and using the result of that command to save the result into a variable. Results will vary from module to module. Use of -v when executing playbooks will show possible values for the results.

 The value of a task being executed in ansible can be saved in a variable and used later.  See some examples of this in the
 :doc:`playbooks_conditionals` chapter.