diff --git a/plugins/doc_fragments/openstack.py b/plugins/doc_fragments/openstack.py
index 680059b9..17c83626 100644
--- a/plugins/doc_fragments/openstack.py
+++ b/plugins/doc_fragments/openstack.py
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ options:
       - Whether or not SSL API requests should be verified.
       - Before Ansible 2.3 this defaulted to C(yes).
     type: bool
-    default: False
     aliases: [ verify ]
   ca_cert:
     description:
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/openstack.py b/plugins/module_utils/openstack.py
index 987c32f0..a62b335b 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/openstack.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/openstack.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def openstack_full_argument_spec(**kwargs):
         auth=dict(default=None, type='dict', no_log=True),
         region_name=dict(default=None),
         availability_zone=dict(default=None),
-        validate_certs=dict(default=False, type='bool', aliases=['verify']),
+        validate_certs=dict(default=None, type='bool', aliases=['verify']),
         ca_cert=dict(default=None, aliases=['cacert']),
         client_cert=dict(default=None, aliases=['cert']),
         client_key=dict(default=None, no_log=True, aliases=['key']),