diff --git a/docs/ansible.utils.consolidate_filter.rst b/docs/ansible.utils.consolidate_filter.rst
index 01622da..709ca51 100644
--- a/docs/ansible.utils.consolidate_filter.rst
+++ b/docs/ansible.utils.consolidate_filter.rst
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Parameters
                     <div style="font-size: small">
                         <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                          / <span style="color: purple">elements=dictionary</span>
+                         / <span style="color: red">required</span>
                     </div>
                 </td>
                 <td>
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ Parameters
                     <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                     <div style="font-size: small">
                         <span style="color: purple">raw</span>
+                         / <span style="color: red">required</span>
                     </div>
                 </td>
                 <td>
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ Parameters
                     <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                     <div style="font-size: small">
                         <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                         / <span style="color: red">required</span>
                     </div>
                 </td>
                 <td>
@@ -99,6 +102,7 @@ Parameters
                     <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                     <div style="font-size: small">
                         <span style="color: purple">string</span>
+                         / <span style="color: red">required</span>
                     </div>
                 </td>
                 <td>
diff --git a/plugins/filter/consolidate.py b/plugins/filter/consolidate.py
index 975059f..7c6c929 100644
--- a/plugins/filter/consolidate.py
+++ b/plugins/filter/consolidate.py
@@ -28,16 +28,20 @@ DOCUMENTATION = """
         - For example C(facts_source|ansible.utils.consolidate(fail_missing_match_key=False))), in this case C(facts_source) represents this option.
         type: list
         elements: dict
+        required: True
         suboptions:
           data:
             description: Specify facts data that gets consolidated.
             type: raw
+            required: True
           match_key:
             description: Specify key to match on.
             type: str
+            required: True
           prefix:
             description: Specify the prefix with which the result set be created.
             type: str
+            required: True
       fail_missing_match_key:
         description: Fail if match_key is not found in a specific data set.
         type: bool