diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-media-repo/tasks/validate_config.yml b/roles/custom/matrix-media-repo/tasks/validate_config.yml
index fd9282d67..fdde7b02b 100644
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-media-repo/tasks/validate_config.yml
+++ b/roles/custom/matrix-media-repo/tasks/validate_config.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
   when: "item.old in vars"
   with_items:
     - {'old': 'matrix_media_repo_access_tokens', 'new': '<flattened into multiple matrix_media_repo_access_tokens_XXX variables - see roles/custom/matrix-media-repo/defaults/main.yml>'}
-    - {'old': 'matrix_media_repo_datastores', 'new': 'flattened into matrix_media_repo_datastores_XXX variables - see roles/custom/matrix-media-repo/defaults/main.yml'}
-    - {'old': 'matrix_media_repo_uploads', 'new': 'flattened into multiple matrix_media_repo_uploads_XXX variables - see roles/custom/matrix-media-repo/defaults/main.yml'}
+    - {'old': 'matrix_media_repo_datastores', 'new': '<flattened into matrix_media_repo_datastores_XXX variables - see roles/custom/matrix-media-repo/defaults/main.yml>'}
+    - {'old': 'matrix_media_repo_uploads', 'new': '<flattened into multiple matrix_media_repo_uploads_XXX variables - see roles/custom/matrix-media-repo/defaults/main.yml>'}
     - {'old': 'matrix_media_repo_downloads_cache_enabled', 'new': '<removed>'}
     - {'old': 'matrix_media_repo_downloads_cache_max_size_bytes', 'new': '<removed>'}
     - {'old': 'matrix_media_repo_downloads_cache_max_file_size_bytes', 'new': '<removed>'}
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
     - {'old': 'matrix_media_repo_downloads_cache_min_downloads', 'new': '<removed>'}
     - {'old': 'matrix_media_repo_downloads_cache_min_cache_time_seconds', 'new': '<removed>'}
     - {'old': 'matrix_media_repo_downloads_cache_min_evicted_time_seconds', 'new': '<removed>'}
-    - {'old': 'matrix_media_repo_url_previews', 'new': 'flattened into multiple matrix_media_repo_url_previews_XXX variables - see roles/custom/matrix-media-repo/defaults/main.yml'}
-    - {'old': 'matrix_media_repo_thumbnails', 'new': 'flattened into multiple matrix_media_repo_thumbnails_XXX variables - see roles/custom/matrix-media-repo/defaults/main.yml'}
+    - {'old': 'matrix_media_repo_url_previews', 'new': '<flattened into multiple matrix_media_repo_url_previews_XXX variables - see roles/custom/matrix-media-repo/defaults/main.yml>'}
+    - {'old': 'matrix_media_repo_thumbnails', 'new': '<flattened into multiple matrix_media_repo_thumbnails_XXX variables - see roles/custom/matrix-media-repo/defaults/main.yml>'}
     - {'old': 'matrix_media_repo_feature_support', 'new': '<removed>'}