diff --git a/plugins/modules/pagerduty_alert.py b/plugins/modules/pagerduty_alert.py
index bd0a4266db..347e849822 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/pagerduty_alert.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/pagerduty_alert.py
@@ -73,24 +73,20 @@ options:
     type: str
     description:
       - The name of the monitoring client that is triggering this event.
-    required: false
   client_url:
     type: str
     description:
       - The URL of the monitoring client that is triggering this event.
-    required: false
   component:
     type: str
     description:
       - Component of the source machine that is responsible for the event, for example C(mysql) or C(eth0).
-    required: false
     version_added: 7.4.0
   custom_details:
     type: dict
     description:
       - Additional details about the event and affected system.
       - A dictionary with custom keys and values.
-    required: false
     version_added: 7.4.0
   desc:
     type: str
@@ -100,13 +96,11 @@ options:
         tables in the PagerDuty UI. The maximum length is 1024 characters.
       - For O(state=acknowledged) or O(state=resolved) - Text that will appear in the incident's log associated with this
         event.
-    required: false
     default: Created via Ansible
   incident_class:
     type: str
     description:
       - The class/type of the event, for example C(ping failure) or C(cpu load).
-    required: false
     version_added: 7.4.0
   incident_key:
     type: str
@@ -118,25 +112,21 @@ options:
         be generated by PagerDuty.
       - For O(state=acknowledged) or O(state=resolved) - This should be the incident_key you received back when the incident
         was first opened by a trigger event. Acknowledge events referencing resolved or nonexistent incidents will be discarded.
-    required: false
   link_url:
     type: str
     description:
       - Relevant link URL to the alert. For example, the website or the job link.
-    required: false
     version_added: 7.4.0
   link_text:
     type: str
     description:
       - A short description of the O(link_url).
-    required: false
     version_added: 7.4.0
   source:
     type: str
     description:
       - The unique location of the affected system, preferably a hostname or FQDN.
       - Required in case of O(state=trigger) and O(api_version=v2).
-    required: false
     version_added: 7.4.0
   severity:
     type: str
@@ -332,25 +322,25 @@ def send_event_v2(module, service_key, event_type, payload, link,
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
-            name=dict(required=False),
-            api_key=dict(required=False, no_log=True),
-            integration_key=dict(required=False, no_log=True),
-            service_id=dict(required=False),
-            service_key=dict(required=False, no_log=True),
+            name=dict(),
+            api_key=dict(no_log=True),
+            integration_key=dict(no_log=True),
+            service_id=dict(),
+            service_key=dict(no_log=True),
             state=dict(
                 required=True, choices=['triggered', 'acknowledged', 'resolved']
             ),
             api_version=dict(type='str', default='v1', choices=['v1', 'v2']),
-            client=dict(required=False),
-            client_url=dict(required=False),
-            component=dict(required=False),
-            custom_details=dict(required=False, type='dict'),
-            desc=dict(required=False, default='Created via Ansible'),
-            incident_class=dict(required=False),
-            incident_key=dict(required=False, no_log=False),
-            link_url=dict(required=False),
-            link_text=dict(required=False),
-            source=dict(required=False),
+            client=dict(),
+            client_url=dict(),
+            component=dict(),
+            custom_details=dict(type='dict'),
+            desc=dict(default='Created via Ansible'),
+            incident_class=dict(),
+            incident_key=dict(no_log=False),
+            link_url=dict(),
+            link_text=dict(),
+            source=dict(),
             severity=dict(
                 default='critical', choices=['critical', 'warning', 'error', 'info']
             ),