diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/onedatastore.rb b/lib/puppet/type/onedatastore.rb
index b4bbee57..e9af7b65 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/onedatastore.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/onedatastore.rb
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@
     desc 'Temporary scratch space. Must be big enough to store raw image size plus sparse version'
   end
 
-  newproperty(:safe_dirs, :array_matching => :all) do
-    desc 'Array of safe directories'
+  newproperty(:safe_dirs) do
+    desc 'List of safe directories, space separated'
   end