diff --git a/src/borg/archiver/create_cmd.py b/src/borg/archiver/create_cmd.py
index e7e48d053..55cb5ff77 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver/create_cmd.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver/create_cmd.py
@@ -853,4 +853,4 @@ class CreateMixIn:
         )
 
         subparser.add_argument("name", metavar="NAME", type=NameSpec, help="specify the archive name")
-        subparser.add_argument("paths", metavar="PATH", nargs="*", type=str, help="paths to archive")
+        subparser.add_argument("paths", metavar="PATH", nargs="*", type=str, action="extend", help="paths to archive")