I think the fact that it's a code block that isn't actually copy-and-pasteable code is misleading. They should probably either have default values set, ala:

```
node['riak']['args']['-name'] = "riak@#{node[:fqdn]}"
node['riak']['args']['-setcookie'] = "riak"
```

Or just make it a list of options:

* `node['riak']['args']['-name']`
* `node['riak']['args']['-setcookie']`