diff --git a/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
index a04e3fb45b..bf045b0179 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -42,16 +42,20 @@
   tags:
   - config
 
+#
+# The actual items files here end in .j2 (they are templates)
+# So when adding or modifying them change the .j2 version in git.
+#
 - name: install nrpe client configs
-  template: src={{ item.src }} dest=/etc/nrpe.d/{{ item.dest }}
+  template: src={{ item }}.j2 dest=/etc/nrpe.d/{{ item }}
   with_items:
-  - { src: 'check_mirrorlist_cache.cfg.j2', dest: 'check_mirrorlist_cache.cfg' }
-  - { src: 'check_raid.cfg.j2', dest: 'check_raid.cfg' }
-  - { src: 'check_cron.cfg.j2', dest: 'check_cron.cfg' }
-  - { src: 'check_disk.cfg.j2', dest: 'check_disk.cfg' }
-  - { src: 'check_swap.cfg.j2', dest: 'check_swap.cfg' }
-  - { src: 'check_postfix_queue.cfg.j2', dest: 'check_postfix_queue.cfg' }
-  - { src: 'check_lock.cfg.j2', dest: 'check_lock.cfg' }
+  - check_mirrorlist_cache.cfg
+  - check_raid.cfg
+  - check_cron.cfg
+  - check_disk.cfg
+  - check_swap.cfg
+  - check_postfix_queue.cfg
+  - check_lock.cfg
   notify:
   - restart nrpe
   tags: