diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_job_cancel.py b/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_job_cancel.py
index acbc92f906..51258a31de 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_job_cancel.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_job_cancel.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ id:
 status:
     description: status of the cancel request
     returned: success
-    type: string
+    type: str
     sample: canceled
 '''
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_job_launch.py b/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_job_launch.py
index 4f5f7d6cb9..cb997abdb2 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_job_launch.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_job_launch.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ id:
 status:
     description: status of newly launched job
     returned: success
-    type: string
+    type: str
     sample: pending
 '''
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_job_wait.py b/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_job_wait.py
index c794454f17..519adc8403 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_job_wait.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/web_infrastructure/ansible_tower/tower_job_wait.py
@@ -67,17 +67,17 @@ elapsed:
 started:
     description: timestamp of when the job started running
     returned: success
-    type: string
+    type: str
     sample: "2017-03-01T17:03:53.200234Z"
 finished:
     description: timestamp of when the job finished running
     returned: success
-    type: string
+    type: str
     sample: "2017-03-01T17:04:04.078782Z"
 status:
     description: current status of job
     returned: success
-    type: string
+    type: str
     sample: successful
 '''