diff --git a/plugins/modules/docker_swarm.py b/plugins/modules/docker_swarm.py
index 9d3888e8..738d911d 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/docker_swarm.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/docker_swarm.py
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ def main():
     )
 
     required_if = [
-        ('state', 'join', ['advertise_addr', 'remote_addrs', 'join_token']),
+        ('state', 'join', ['remote_addrs', 'join_token']),
         ('state', 'remove', ['node_id'])
     ]
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/docker_swarm/tasks/tests/basic.yml b/tests/integration/targets/docker_swarm/tasks/tests/basic.yml
index d19532d4..4e9005fc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/docker_swarm/tasks/tests/basic.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/docker_swarm/tasks/tests/basic.yml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
   ignore_errors: yes
   register: output
 
-- name: assert failure when called with state=join and no advertise_addr,remote_addrs,join_token
+- name: assert failure when called with state=join and no remote_addrs,join_token
   assert:
     that:
        - 'output.failed'
-       - 'output.msg == "state is join but all of the following are missing: advertise_addr, remote_addrs, join_token"'
+       - 'output.msg == "state is join but all of the following are missing: remote_addrs, join_token"'
 
 - name: Test parameters with state=remove
   docker_swarm: