diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/jsonfile.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/jsonfile.py
index 4319b88fd6..7605dc4111 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/jsonfile.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/jsonfile.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         required: True
         description:
           - Path in which the cache plugin will save the JSON files
-        type: list
         env:
           - name: ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION
         ini:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/pickle.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/pickle.py
index f4988cb034..9876a235cf 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/pickle.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/pickle.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         required: True
         description:
           - Path in which the cache plugin will save the files
-        type: list
         env:
           - name: ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION
         ini:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/yaml.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/yaml.py
index f462d77590..579b18e947 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/yaml.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/cache/yaml.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
         required: True
         description:
           - Path in which the cache plugin will save the files
-        type: list
         env:
           - name: ANSIBLE_CACHE_PLUGIN_CONNECTION
         ini: