diff --git a/doc/source/admin/maintenance-tasks/ansible-modules.rst b/doc/source/admin/maintenance-tasks/ansible-modules.rst
index 5bbc52ffa7..9581679bf9 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/maintenance-tasks/ansible-modules.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/maintenance-tasks/ansible-modules.rst
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ The following example shows how to move a file from your deployment host to the
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   $ ansible remote_machines -m copy -a 'src=/root/FILE \
-   dest=/tmp/FILE'
+   $ ansible remote_machines -m copy -a 'src=/root/FILE '\
+   'dest=/tmp/FILE'
 
 The fetch module gathers files from remote machines and stores the files
 locally in a file tree, organized by the hostname from remote machines and
diff --git a/doc/source/admin/scale-environment.rst b/doc/source/admin/scale-environment.rst
index fc96bf7380..4a9f518d88 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/scale-environment.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/scale-environment.rst
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ If a LVM backed Block Storage host needs to be shut down:
 
    .. code-block:: console
 
-      # mysql cinder -BNe 'select instance_uuid from volumes where deleted=0 \
-      and host like "%<cinder host>%"' | tee /home/user/running_instances
+      # mysql cinder -BNe 'select instance_uuid from volumes where deleted=0 '\
+      'and host like "%<cinder host>%"' | tee /home/user/running_instances
 
 #. Shut down the instances: