diff --git a/meta/argument_specs.yml b/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 9b27426205c9a8a87f92564cc3281791876d14dc..f7d95329236679904cc362a45edb62fbd302d61b 100644
--- a/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ argument_specs:
         elements: str
         required: false
         description: Internal list of proposed MariaDB configuration file variables that don't have values.
+      mariadb_cnf_variable_edited:
+        type: dict
+        required: false
+        description: Internal results from using ini_file to write a variable variable in a config file.
+      mariadb_cnf_variable_uncommented:
+        type: dict
+        required: false
+        description: Internal results from using lineinfile to uncomment a variable in a config file.
       mariadb_config:
         type: list
         elements: dict
diff --git a/tasks/conf_section_edited.yml b/tasks/conf_section_edited.yml
index 93027a9822486b916044c1c7ad33e4b1c734226c..f4f3978d9135da6f89eacbc1de8df8a207be60a3 100644
--- a/tasks/conf_section_edited.yml
+++ b/tasks/conf_section_edited.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         mode: "{{ mariadb_cnf.mode | default('0644') }}"
         owner: "{{ mariadb_cnf.owner | default('root') }}"
         group: "{{ mariadb_cnf.owner | default('root') }}"
-      register: mariadb_conf_variable_uncommented
+      register: mariadb_cnf_variable_uncommented
       when: >-
         ( mariadb_cnf_variable_pair.key not in mariadb_cnf_file_section_existing_keys ) or
         ( ( mariadb_cnf_variable_pair.value | type_debug != "NoneType" ) and
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@
         msg: MariaDB is to be restarted
       notify: Restart mariadb
       when:
-        - mariadb_conf_variable_uncommented is defined
-        - mariadb_conf_variable_uncommented.changed is defined
-        - mariadb_conf_variable_uncommented.changed | bool
+        - mariadb_cnf_variable_uncommented is defined
+        - mariadb_cnf_variable_uncommented.changed is defined
+        - mariadb_cnf_variable_uncommented.changed | bool
         - mariadb_init is defined
         - mariadb_init == "systemd"
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
         mode: "{{ mariadb_cnf.mode | default('0644') }}"
         owner: "{{ mariadb_cnf.owner | default('root') }}"
         group: "{{ mariadb_cnf.owner | default('root') }}"
-      register: mariadb_conf_variable_edited
+      register: mariadb_cnf_variable_edited
       when:
         - mariadb_cnf_variable_pair.key in mariadb_cnf_file_section_proposed_value_less_keys
         - mariadb_cnf_variable_pair.key not in mariadb_cnf_file_section_existing_keys
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@
         msg: MariaDB is to be restarted
       notify: Restart mariadb
       when:
-        - mariadb_conf_variable_edited is defined
-        - mariadb_conf_variable_edited.changed is defined
-        - mariadb_conf_variable_edited.changed | bool
+        - mariadb_cnf_variable_edited is defined
+        - mariadb_cnf_variable_edited.changed is defined
+        - mariadb_cnf_variable_edited.changed | bool
         - mariadb_init is defined
         - mariadb_init == "systemd"