diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py
index 21943c2e3e..c94d588a12 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py
@@ -229,6 +229,29 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     refspec: '+refs/pull/*:refs/heads/*'
 '''
 
+RETURN = '''
+after:
+    description: last commit revision of the repository retrived during the update
+    returned: success
+    type: string
+    sample: 4c020102a9cd6fe908c9a4a326a38f972f63a903
+before:
+    description: commit revision before the repository was updated, "null" for new repository
+    returned: success
+    type: string
+    sample: 67c04ebe40a003bda0efb34eacfb93b0cafdf628
+remote_url_changed:
+    description: Contains True or False whether or not the remote URL was changed.
+    returned: success
+    type: boolean
+    sample: True
+warnings:
+    description: List of warnings if requested features were not available due to a too old git version.
+    returned: error
+    type: string
+    sample: Your git version is too old to fully support the depth argument. Falling back to full checkouts.
+'''
+
 import os
 import re
 import shlex