@@ -206,7 +206,16 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''

 '''

 RETURN = r'''

-

+dest:

+    description: Destination file/path, equal to the value passed to I(path)

+    returned: state=touch, state=hard, state=link

+    type: str

+    sample: /path/to/file.txt

+path:

+    description: Destination file/path, equal to the value passed to I(path)

+    returned: state=absent, state=directory, state=file

+    type: str

+    sample: /path/to/file.txt

 '''

 import errno

@@ -608,7 +617,7 @@ def ensure_directory(path, follow, recurse, timestamps):

     if prev_state == 'absent':

         # Create directory and assign permissions to it

         if module.check_mode:

-            return {'changed': True, 'diff': diff}

+            return {'path': path, 'changed': True, 'diff': diff}

         curpath = ''

         try: