From c129fd7c817a7dff80de587530c00ebe797bbd38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Coca Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 10:12:57 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] added clarification on directives/blocks --- docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_blocks.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_blocks.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_blocks.rst index 18f8b4d2b4..f7395ff7c9 100644 --- a/docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_blocks.rst +++ b/docs/docsite/rst/playbooks_blocks.rst @@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Blocks In 2.0 we added a block feature to allow for logical grouping of tasks and even in play error handling. Most of what you can apply to a single task can be applied at the block level, which also makes it much easier to set data or directives common -to the tasks. +to the tasks. This does not mean the directive affects the block itself, but is inherited +by the tasks enclosed by a block. i.e. a `when` will be applied to the tasks, not the block itself. .. code-block:: YAML