diff --git a/plugins/modules/supervisorctl.py b/plugins/modules/supervisorctl.py
index 0ce17171ca..eeacb5a881 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/supervisorctl.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/supervisorctl.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ options:
   signal:
     type: str
     description:
-      - The signal to send to the program/group, when combined with the 'signalled' state. Required when l(state=signalled).
+      - The signal to send to the program/group, when combined with the V(signalled) state. Required when l(state=signalled).
   supervisorctl_path:
     type: path
     description:
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r"""
     state: restarted
 """
 
+
 import os
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, is_executable
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/supervisorctl/tasks/stop_supervisord.yml b/tests/integration/targets/supervisorctl/tasks/stop_supervisord.yml
index 52e064d153..0464fcd0c3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/supervisorctl/tasks/stop_supervisord.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/supervisorctl/tasks/stop_supervisord.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,10 @@
 
 - name: stop supervisord
   command: "supervisorctl -c {{ remote_dir }}/supervisord.conf {% if credentials.username %}-u {{ credentials.username }} -p {{ credentials.password }}{% endif %} shutdown"
+
+- name: wait_for supervisord to stop
+  ansible.builtin.wait_for:
+    port: 9001
+    host: 127.0.0.1
+    timeout: 15
+    state: stopped