diff --git a/awx_collection/plugins/modules/tower_job_wait.py b/awx_collection/plugins/modules/tower_job_wait.py
index 0c8547237f..1df63db1cf 100644
--- a/awx_collection/plugins/modules/tower_job_wait.py
+++ b/awx_collection/plugins/modules/tower_job_wait.py
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ options:
     interval:
       description:
         - The interval in sections, to request an update from Tower.
-        - For backwards compatability this will assume the value of min or max interval.
-        - Or if both are set it will average the two of them.
+        - For backwards compatability if unset this will be set to the average of min and max intervals
       required: False
       default: 1
       type: float
@@ -138,7 +137,10 @@ def main():
     interval = module.params.get('interval')
 
     if min_interval is not None or max_interval is not None:
-        interval = abs((module.params.get('min_interval', 1) + module.params.get('max_interval', 30)) / 2)
+        # We can't tell if we got the default or if someone actually set this to 1.
+        # For now if we find 1 and had a min or max then we will do the average logic.
+        if interval == 1:
+            interval = abs((module.params.get('min_interval', 1) + module.params.get('max_interval', 30)) / 2)
         module.deprecate(
             msg="min and max interval have been depricated, please use interval instead, interval will be set to {0}".format(interval),
             version="3.7"
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ def main():
     })
 
     if job is None:
-        module.fail_json(msg='Unable to wait, on job {0} that ID does not exist in Tower.'.format(job_id))
+        module.fail_json(msg='Unable to wait on job {0}; that ID does not exist in Tower.'.format(job_id))
 
     job_url = job['url']
 
diff --git a/awx_collection/test/awx/test_job.py b/awx_collection/test/awx/test_job.py
index 2fb616c2ac..5e478d9685 100644
--- a/awx_collection/test/awx/test_job.py
+++ b/awx_collection/test/awx/test_job.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def test_job_wait_successful(run_module, admin_user):
     assert result.pop('started', '')[:10] == str(job.started)[:10]
     assert result == {
         "status": "successful",
-        "success": True,
+        "changed": False,
         "elapsed": str(job.elapsed),
         "id": job.id
     }
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ def test_job_wait_failed(run_module, admin_user):
     assert result == {
         "status": "failed",
         "failed": True,
-        "success": False,
+        "changed": False,
         "elapsed": str(job.elapsed),
         "id": job.id,
-        "msg": "Job with id=1 failed, error: Job failed."
+        "msg": "Job with id 1 failed"
     }
 
 
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ def test_job_wait_not_found(run_module, admin_user):
     ), admin_user)
     result.pop('invocation', None)
     assert result == {
-        "changed": False,
         "failed": True,
-        "msg": "Unable to wait, no job_id 42 found: The requested object could not be found."
+        "msg": "Unable to wait on job 42; that ID does not exist in Tower."
     }
diff --git a/awx_collection/tests/integration/targets/tower_job_wait/tasks/main.yml b/awx_collection/tests/integration/targets/tower_job_wait/tasks/main.yml
index e6d7cbf62b..fb24187fce 100644
--- a/awx_collection/tests/integration/targets/tower_job_wait/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/awx_collection/tests/integration/targets/tower_job_wait/tasks/main.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,20 @@
       - "'deprecations' in result"
       - "'min and max interval have been depricated, please use interval instead, interval will be set to 15' in result['deprecations'][0]['msg']"
 
+- name: Validate that interval superceeds min/max
+  tower_job_wait:
+    min_interval: 10
+    max_interval: 20
+    interval: 12
+    job_id: "99999999"
+  register: result
+  ignore_errors: true
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "'deprecations' in result"
+      - "'min and max interval have been depricated, please use interval instead, interval will be set to 12' in result['deprecations'][0]['msg']"
+
 - name: Check module fails with correct msg
   tower_job_wait:
     job_id: "99999999"
@@ -78,7 +92,7 @@
   tower_job_wait:
     job_id: "{{ job.id }}"
     timeout: 5
-  ignore_errors: True
+  ignore_errors: true
   register: wait_results
 
 # Make sure that we failed and that we have some data in our results
@@ -98,7 +112,7 @@
   tower_job_wait:
     job_id: "{{ job.id }}"
   register: wait_results
-  ignore_errors: True
+  ignore_errors: true
 
 - assert:
     that: