@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ options:

               in undesirable ways.

         type: list

         aliases: [ pattern ]

+        elements: str

     excludes:

         description:

             - One or more (shell or regex) patterns, which type is controlled by C(use_regex) option.

@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ options:

         type: list

         aliases: [ exclude ]

         version_added: "2.5"

+        elements: str

     contains:

         description:

             - A regular expression or pattern which should be matched against the file content.

@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ options:

         type: list

         required: true

         aliases: [ name, path ]

+        elements: str

     file_type:

         description:

             - Type of file to select.

@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ options:

             - Unqualified values are in bytes but b, k, m, g, and t can be appended to specify

               bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, and terabytes, respectively.

             - Size is not evaluated for directories.

+        type: str

     age_stamp:

         description:

             - Choose the file property against which we compare age.

@@ -355,9 +359,9 @@ def statinfo(st):

 def main():

     module = AnsibleModule(

         argument_spec=dict(

-            paths=dict(type='list', required=True, aliases=['name', 'path']),

-            patterns=dict(type='list', default=['*'], aliases=['pattern']),

-            excludes=dict(type='list', aliases=['exclude']),

+            paths=dict(type='list', required=True, aliases=['name', 'path'], elements='str'),

+            patterns=dict(type='list', default=['*'], aliases=['pattern'], elements='str'),

+            excludes=dict(type='list', aliases=['exclude'], elements='str'),

             contains=dict(type='str'),

             file_type=dict(type='str', default="file", choices=['any', 'directory', 'file', 'link']),

             age=dict(type='str'),

@@ -107,8 +107,6 @@ lib/ansible/modules/file.py pylint:ansible-bad-function

 lib/ansible/modules/file.py validate-modules:doc-default-does-not-match-spec

 lib/ansible/modules/file.py validate-modules:undocumented-parameter

 lib/ansible/modules/find.py use-argspec-type-path # fix needed

-lib/ansible/modules/find.py validate-modules:parameter-list-no-elements

-lib/ansible/modules/find.py validate-modules:parameter-type-not-in-doc

 lib/ansible/modules/lineinfile.py validate-modules:doc-choices-do-not-match-spec

 lib/ansible/modules/lineinfile.py validate-modules:doc-default-does-not-match-spec

 lib/ansible/modules/lineinfile.py validate-modules:nonexistent-parameter-documented