diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 09d9a4ff6785..6edf542ec928 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
   ([#5720](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5720))
 * `[pretty-format]` Handle React fragments better
   ([#5816](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5816))
+* `[jest-cli]` Switch collectCoverageFrom back to a string
+  ([#5914](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5914))
 * `[jest-regex-util]` Fix handling regex symbols in tests path on Windows
   ([#5941](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5941))
 
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@
 * `[jest-jasmine2]` Simplify `Env.execute` and TreeProcessor to setup and clean
   resources for the top suite the same way as for all of the children suites
   ([#5885](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5885))
-* `*` Run Prettier on compiled output
+* `[*]` Run Prettier on compiled output
   ([#5858](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/3497))
 * `[jest-cli]` Add fileChange hook for plugins
   ([#5708](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/5708))
diff --git a/docs/CLI.md b/docs/CLI.md
index 5311e2441109..071ecba4d5e7 100644
--- a/docs/CLI.md
+++ b/docs/CLI.md
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ directory. The default cache directory can be found by calling
 
 ### `--collectCoverageFrom=<glob>`
 
-An array of glob patterns relative to <rootDir> matching the files that coverage
-info needs to be collected from.
+A glob pattern relative to <rootDir> matching the files that coverage info needs
+to be collected from.
 
 ### `--colors`
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/__tests__/coverage_report.test.js b/integration-tests/__tests__/coverage_report.test.js
index 136ead1c3b21..4a080e71f8d6 100644
--- a/integration-tests/__tests__/coverage_report.test.js
+++ b/integration-tests/__tests__/coverage_report.test.js
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ test('collects coverage only from multiple specified files', () => {
   const {stdout} = runJest(DIR, [
     '--no-cache',
     '--coverage',
-    '--collectCoverageFrom', // overwrites the one in package.json
+    '--collectCoverageFrom',
     'setup.js',
+    '--collectCoverageFrom',
     'OtherFile.js',
   ]);
 
diff --git a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.js b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.js
index 41f3ce44e0c4..2559eb919bd2 100644
--- a/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.js
+++ b/packages/jest-cli/src/cli/args.js
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ export const options = {
   },
   collectCoverageFrom: {
     description:
-      'An array of glob patterns relative to <rootDir> matching the files ' +
-      'that coverage info needs to be collected from.',
-    type: 'array',
+      'A glob pattern relative to <rootDir> matching the files that coverage ' +
+      'info needs to be collected from.',
+    type: 'string',
   },
   collectCoverageOnlyFrom: {
     description: 'Explicit list of paths coverage will be restricted to.',