diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
index d5e7276c0c77..323715688171 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func initMinikubeFlags() {
 	startCmd.Flags().String(containerRuntime, "docker", fmt.Sprintf("The container runtime to be used (%s).", strings.Join(cruntime.ValidRuntimes(), ", ")))
 	startCmd.Flags().Bool(createMount, false, "This will start the mount daemon and automatically mount files into minikube.")
 	startCmd.Flags().String(mountString, constants.DefaultMountDir+":/minikube-host", "The argument to pass the minikube mount command on start.")
-	startCmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&config.AddonList, "addons", nil, "Enable addons. see `minikube addons list` for a list of valid addon names.")
+	startCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&config.AddonList, "addons", nil, "Enable addons. see `minikube addons list` for a list of valid addon names.")
 	startCmd.Flags().String(criSocket, "", "The cri socket path to be used.")
 	startCmd.Flags().String(networkPlugin, "", "Kubelet network plug-in to use (default: auto)")
 	startCmd.Flags().Bool(enableDefaultCNI, false, "DEPRECATED: Replaced by --cni=bridge")