diff --git a/playbooks/package-update.yml b/playbooks/package-update.yml
index ce6d3fbc13..3925653f71 100644
--- a/playbooks/package-update.yml
+++ b/playbooks/package-update.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# requires --extra-vars="hostlist='host1 host2 group etc'"
+# requires --extra-vars="hostlist='host1 host2 group etc' yumcommand=update'"
 
 - name: update all run rkhunter if installed
   hosts: $hostlist
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   tasks:
   - name: yum update
-    action: command yum -y update
+    action: command yum -y ${yumcommand}
 
   - name: check for rkhunter
     action: command /usr/bin/test -f /usr/bin/rkhunter