diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 92ab60e..412b125 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Documentation = "https://github.com/unknown/ansible-module#readme"
 Issues = "https://github.com/unknown/ansible-module/issues"
 Source = "https://github.com/unknown/ansible-module"
 
+[project.scripts]
+update-doc = "ansible_module.update_doc:main"
+
 [tool.hatch.version]
 path = "src/ansible_module/__init__.py"
 
diff --git a/src/ansible_module/__main__.py b/src/ansible_module/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3da37ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ansible_module/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from . import update_doc
+
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    update_doc.main()
diff --git a/src/ansible_module/update_doc.py b/src/ansible_module/update_doc.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e4cfad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ansible_module/update_doc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+import importlib
+import pathlib
+import re
+import sys
+
+sys.path.append(".")
+mindocstring = "DOCUMENTATION = ''''''"
+moduledir = pathlib.Path("plugins/modules")
+regex = re.compile("DOCUMENTATION *= *r?(?P<quote>\"{3}|'{3})(---)?.*?(?P=quote)", re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
+
+
+def main():
+    for modfile in moduledir.iterdir():
+        if modfile.name in ("__init__.py", "__pycache__", "unit.py.example"):
+            continue
+        mod = importlib.import_module(".".join((modfile.parts[:-1]) + (modfile.stem,)))
+        if hasattr(mod, "Module"):
+            module = mod.Module
+        elif hasattr(mod, "__module_name__"):
+            module = getattr(mod, mod.__module_name__)
+        else:
+            print("Error loading Module of File: {}. No Module or __module_name__ defined".format(modfile))
+            continue
+        try:
+            moddoc = module.doc()
+        except AttributeError:
+            print("Broken module. skipping {}".format(modfile))
+            continue
+        except Exception as e:
+            print("Error in documentation of module {}: {}".format(modfile, e))
+            continue
+        moddata = modfile.read_text()
+        match = regex.search(moddata)
+        if not match:
+            print(
+                "no Documentation set for module {}. Please add at least \"{}\" to the file".format(
+                    modfile.stem, mindocstring
+                )
+            )
+            continue
+        newmod = "{pre}DOCUMENTATION = {quote}{doc}{quote}{post}".format(
+            pre=moddata[: match.start()], quote=match.group("quote"), doc=moddoc, post=moddata[match.end() :]
+        )
+        modfile.write_text(newmod)
+        print("updated the documentation of module {}".format(module.name))