diff --git a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
index 1be9feb587..4511fe5923 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -103,8 +103,14 @@
   group: name=gen-acls gid=417 state=present
 
 - name: create the gen-acls user
-  user: name=gen-acls comment="dummy system account for the gen-acls fedmsg job"
-        uid=417 group=gen-acls groups=packager shell=/bin/bash home=/srv/git
+  user: > 
+        name=gen-acls 
+        comment="dummy system account for the gen-acls fedmsg job"
+        uid=417 
+        group=gen-acls 
+        groups=packager
+        shell=/bin/bash
+        home=/srv/git
 
 - name: create the /etc/gitolite/conf directory
   file: path=/etc/gitolite/conf owner=gen-acls group=gen-acls state=directory mode=0755