diff --git a/playbooks/run_pkgdb2branch.yml b/playbooks/run_pkgdb2branch.yml
index 52e56ec4d8..bdb20e01fd 100644
--- a/playbooks/run_pkgdb2branch.yml
+++ b/playbooks/run_pkgdb2branch.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Run `pkgdb2branch` on 
 #
 #To update from testing, adjust as follow:
-# --extra-vars="package=<pkg>"
+# --extra-vars="package='pkg1;pkg2;pkg3'"
 
 
 - name: run pkgdb2branch for the specified packages
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 
   tasks:
   - name: call pkgdb2branch.py on {{ package }}
-    command: /usr/local/bin/pkgdb2branch.py {{ package }}
+    command: /usr/local/bin/pkgdb2branch.py {{ package | join(" ") }}