diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg
index 360ce153c..0c1d3df0f 100644
--- a/ansible.cfg
+++ b/ansible.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 [defaults]
 retry_files_enabled = False
 stdout_callback = yaml
+display_failed_stderr = True
+display_skipped_hosts = False
+nocows = True
 
 [connection]
 pipelining = True