diff --git a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
index b49e53c0cf..10bf5eddb1 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@
 - name: create the /var/log/gitolite directory
   file: path=/var/log/gitolite owner=root group=packager state=directory mode=2775
 
-- name: create the gen-acls user
+- name: create the gen-acls group
   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 shell=/bin/bash home=/
 
 - name: create the /etc/gitolite/conf directory