diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1cdc675af8..9b6d2fc044 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ New Inventory scripts:
 
 New Lookups:
  * credstash
+ * hashi_vault
  * ini
 
 Other Notable Changes:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/hashi_vault.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/hashi_vault.py
index 16d2625b67..b1e8adfe0f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/hashi_vault.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/lookup/hashi_vault.py
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
 
     def run(self, terms, variables, **kwargs):
 
-        if isinstance(terms, basestring):
-            terms = [ terms ]
-
         vault_args = terms[0].split(' ')
         vault_dict = {}
         ret = []