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From: "patchback[bot]" <45432694+patchback[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 08:08:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [PR #12030/6e48c5fc backport][stable-12] xml: adjust example
 doc (#12035)

xml: adjust example doc (#12030)

(cherry picked from commit 6e48c5fc4e7297d85891a7c01dca088a735d11e0)

Co-authored-by: Alexei Znamensky <103110+russoz@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 plugins/modules/xml.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/modules/xml.py b/plugins/modules/xml.py
index 1f569883e4..55fe2a13f1 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/xml.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/xml.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r"""
   community.general.xml:
     path: /foo/bar.xml
     xpath: /business/rating
-    value: 11
+    value: "11"  # must quote to ensure it is parsed as string
 
 # Retrieve and display the number of nodes
 - name: Get count of 'beers' nodes