diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/65302-dnf-msg-return.yml b/changelogs/fragments/65302-dnf-msg-return.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9202a3dfe270d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/65302-dnf-msg-return.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - dnf module - Ensure the modules exit_json['msg'] response is
+    always string, not sometimes a tuple.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/dnf.py b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/dnf.py
index cf796bf688664f..c548452eb6c46a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/dnf.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/packaging/os/dnf.py
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ def ensure(self):
             else:
                 response['changed'] = True
                 if failure_response['failures']:
-                    failure_response['msg'] = 'Failed to install some of the specified packages',
+                    failure_response['msg'] = 'Failed to install some of the specified packages'
                     self.module.fail_json(**failure_response)
                 if self.module.check_mode:
                     response['msg'] = "Check mode: No changes made, but would have if not in check mode"
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ def ensure(self):
                         response['results'].append("Removed: {0}".format(package))
 
                 if failure_response['failures']:
-                    failure_response['msg'] = 'Failed to install some of the specified packages',
+                    failure_response['msg'] = 'Failed to install some of the specified packages'
                     self.module.exit_json(**response)
                 self.module.exit_json(**response)
         except dnf.exceptions.DepsolveError as e: