diff --git a/roles/httpd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/httpd/tasks/main.yml
index f0878df2a..75659cdbd 100644
--- a/roles/httpd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/httpd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 - name: Install Apache's required packages (debian)
   package:
-    #name: [u'apache2', u'php{{ php_version }}', u'php{{ php_version }}-curl']
+    #name: [u'apache2', u'php{{ php_version }}', u'php{{ php_version }}-curl']    # FAILS ('u' for Unicode strings)
+    #name: ['apache2', 'php{{ php_version }}', 'php{{ php_version }}-curl']       # WORKS?
     name:
       - apache2
       - "php{{ php_version }}"
@@ -22,11 +23,11 @@
 
 - name: Install Apache's required packages (ubuntu)
   package:
-    #name: [u'apache2', u'php']
-    name: ['apache2', 'php']
-    #name:
-    #  - apache2
-    #  - php
+    #name: [u'apache2', u'php']    # FAILS ('u' for Unicode strings)
+    #name: ['apache2', 'php']      # WORKS
+    name:
+      - apache2
+      - php
     state: present
   when: is_ubuntu
   tags:
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@
 
 - name: Install Apache's required packages (redhat)
   package:
-    #name: [u'httpd', u'php', u'php-curl', u'mod_authnz_external']
+    #name: [u'httpd', u'php', u'php-curl', u'mod_authnz_external']    # FAILS ('u' for Unicode strings)
+    #name: ['httpd', 'php', 'php-curl', 'mod_authnz_external']        # WORKS
     name:
       - httpd
       - php