diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/validate-plugins.yml b/changelogs/fragments/validate-plugins.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b1feff1e1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/validate-plugins.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "aws_resource_actions callback plugin - fix linting errors in documentation data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/701)."
+  - "aws_ec2 inventory plugin - fix linting errors in documentation data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/701)."
+  - "aws_rds inventory plugin - fix linting errors in documentation data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/701)."
+  - "aws_account_attribute lookup plugin - fix linting errors in documentation data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/701)."
+  - "aws_account_attribute lookup plugin - fix linting errors in documentation data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/701)."
+  - "aws_secret lookup plugin - fix linting errors in documentation data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/701)."
+  - "aws_service_ip_ranges lookup plugin - fix linting errors in documentation data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/701)."
+  - "aws_ssm lookup plugin - fix linting errors in documentation data (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/701)."
diff --git a/plugins/callback/aws_resource_actions.py b/plugins/callback/aws_resource_actions.py
index 9dae8e6f840..551a866a376 100644
--- a/plugins/callback/aws_resource_actions.py
+++ b/plugins/callback/aws_resource_actions.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
-    callback: aws_resource_actions
+    name: aws_resource_actions
     type: aggregate
     short_description: summarizes all "resource:actions" completed
     description:
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/aws_ec2.py b/plugins/inventory/aws_ec2.py
index fa6a881ec40..5e39dbb6001 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/aws_ec2.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/aws_ec2.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
     name: aws_ec2
-    plugin_type: inventory
     short_description: EC2 inventory source
     requirements:
         - boto3
diff --git a/plugins/inventory/aws_rds.py b/plugins/inventory/aws_rds.py
index 480bb518821..d1549289b2b 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/aws_rds.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/aws_rds.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
     name: aws_rds
-    plugin_type: inventory
     short_description: rds instance source
     description:
         - Get instances and clusters from Amazon Web Services RDS.
@@ -49,8 +48,8 @@
             - The suffix for host variables names coming from AWS.
           type: str
           version_added: 3.1.0
-    note:
-        Ansible versions prior to 2.10 should use the fully qualified plugin name 'amazon.aws.aws_rds'.
+    notes:
+        - Ansible versions prior to 2.10 should use the fully qualified plugin name 'amazon.aws.aws_rds'.
     extends_documentation_fragment:
     - inventory_cache
     - constructed
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/aws_account_attribute.py b/plugins/lookup/aws_account_attribute.py
index 428c09b6db8..f6e27bf2b06 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/aws_account_attribute.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/aws_account_attribute.py
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
-lookup: aws_account_attribute
+name: aws_account_attribute
 author:
-  - Sloane Hertel <shertel@redhat.com>
+  - Sloane Hertel (@s-hertel) <shertel@redhat.com>
 requirements:
   - python >= 3.6
   - boto3
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/aws_secret.py b/plugins/lookup/aws_secret.py
index d94fb6256ea..e415386299a 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/aws_secret.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/aws_secret.py
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 DOCUMENTATION = r'''
-lookup: aws_secret
+name: aws_secret
 author:
-  - Aaron Smith <ajsmith10381@gmail.com>
+  - Aaron Smith (!UNKNOWN) <ajsmith10381@gmail.com>
 requirements:
   - python >= 3.6
   - boto3
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/aws_service_ip_ranges.py b/plugins/lookup/aws_service_ip_ranges.py
index 82447236860..bd34d1bd131 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/aws_service_ip_ranges.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/aws_service_ip_ranges.py
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
-lookup: aws_service_ip_ranges
+name: aws_service_ip_ranges
 author:
-  - James Turner <turnerjsm@gmail.com>
+  - James Turner (!UNKNOWN) <turnerjsm@gmail.com>
 requirements:
   - must have public internet connectivity
 short_description: Look up the IP ranges for services provided in AWS such as EC2 and S3.
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/aws_ssm.py b/plugins/lookup/aws_ssm.py
index 89cfe379465..5ba4cc655e3 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/aws_ssm.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/aws_ssm.py
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 __metaclass__ = type
 
 DOCUMENTATION = '''
-lookup: aws_ssm
+name: aws_ssm
 author:
-  - Bill Wang <ozbillwang(at)gmail.com>
-  - Marat Bakeev <hawara(at)gmail.com>
-  - Michael De La Rue <siblemitcom.mddlr@spamgourmet.com>
+  - Bill Wang (!UNKNOWN) <ozbillwang(at)gmail.com>
+  - Marat Bakeev (!UNKNOWN) <hawara(at)gmail.com>
+  - Michael De La Rue (!UNKNOWN) <siblemitcom.mddlr@spamgourmet.com>
 requirements:
   - python >= 3.6
   - boto3