diff --git a/ansiblelater/rules/CheckNativeYaml.py b/ansiblelater/rules/CheckNativeYaml.py
index 9d092a7..7f01802 100644
--- a/ansiblelater/rules/CheckNativeYaml.py
+++ b/ansiblelater/rules/CheckNativeYaml.py
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ class CheckNativeYaml(StandardBase):
                     continue
                 # strip additional newlines off task[action]
                 task_action = bytes(repr(task[action].strip()), "utf-8").decode("unicode_escape")
-                if task_action.split() != arguments:
+                if task_action.strip("'").split() != arguments:
                     errors.append(self.Error(task["__line__"], self.helptext))
         return self.Result(candidate.path, errors)