diff --git a/ansible/roles/neutron/tasks/precheck.yml b/ansible/roles/neutron/tasks/precheck.yml
index b234949476..432a15aa74 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/neutron/tasks/precheck.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/neutron/tasks/precheck.yml
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@
   run_once: true
   with_items: "{{ tenant_network_types }}"
 
-- name: Checking for deprecated inner- and external-compute groups
+- name: Checking for deprecated inner-compute and external-compute groups
   local_action:
     module: debug
-    msg: "WARNING: inner- and external-compute groups are DEPRECATED"
+    msg: "WARNING: inner-compute and external-compute groups are DEPRECATED"
   changed_when: false
   run_once: True
   when: