diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/swift-conf-b8dd5e1199f8e4a8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/swift-conf-b8dd5e1199f8e4a8.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70ed36e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/swift-conf-b8dd5e1199f8e4a8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - Previously, the ``ansible_managed`` var was being
+    used to insert a header into the ``swift.conf`` that
+    contained date/time information. This meant that
+    swift.conf across different nodes did not have the
+    same MD5SUM, causing ``swift-recon --md5`` to break.
+    We now insert a piece of static text instead to
+    resolve this issue.
diff --git a/templates/swift.conf.j2 b/templates/swift.conf.j2
index 59d40892..523c17ff 100644
--- a/templates/swift.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/swift.conf.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# {{ ansible_managed }}
+# Ansible managed - please don't edit this file manually
 
 [swift-hash]
 swift_hash_path_suffix = {{ swift_hash_path_suffix }}