diff --git a/awx_collection/plugins/modules/export.py b/awx_collection/plugins/modules/export.py
index 958c8e0d8d..dc4cd8332d 100644
--- a/awx_collection/plugins/modules/export.py
+++ b/awx_collection/plugins/modules/export.py
@@ -29,51 +29,51 @@ options:
     organizations:
       description:
         - organization names to export
-      type: str
+      type: list
     users:
       description:
         - user names to export
-      type: str
+      type: list
     teams:
       description:
         - team names to export
-      type: str
+      type: list
     credential_types:
       description:
         - credential type names to export
-      type: str
+      type: list
     credentials:
       description:
         - credential names to export
-      type: str
+      type: list
     execution_environments:
       description:
         - execution environment names to export
-      type: str
+      type: list
     notification_templates:
       description:
         - notification template names to export
-      type: str
+      type: list
     inventory_sources:
       description:
         - inventory soruces to export
-      type: str
+      type: list
     inventory:
       description:
         - inventory names to export
-      type: str
+      type: list
     projects:
       description:
         - project names to export
-      type: str
+      type: list
     job_templates:
       description:
         - job template names to export
-      type: str
+      type: list
     workflow_job_templates:
       description:
         - workflow names to export
-      type: str
+      type: list
 requirements:
   - "awxkit >= 9.3.0"
 notes:
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     job_templates: "My Template"
     credential: 'all'
 
-- name: Export two or more inventories with a comma separated list of names
+- name: Export a list of inventories
   export:
-    inventory: "My Inventory1,My Inventory2"
+    inventory: ['My Inventory 1', 'My Inventory 2']
 '''
 
 import logging
@@ -115,24 +115,12 @@ except ImportError:
 def main():
     argument_spec = dict(
         all=dict(type='bool', default=False),
-        credential_types=dict(type='str'),
-        credentials=dict(type='str'),
-        execution_environments=dict(type='str'),
-        inventory=dict(type='str'),
-        inventory_sources=dict(type='str'),
-        job_templates=dict(type='str'),
-        notification_templates=dict(type='str'),
-        organizations=dict(type='str'),
-        projects=dict(type='str'),
-        teams=dict(type='str'),
-        users=dict(type='str'),
-        workflow_job_templates=dict(type='str'),
     )
 
     # We are not going to raise an error here because the __init__ method of ControllerAWXKitModule will do that for us
     if HAS_EXPORTABLE_RESOURCES:
         for resource in EXPORTABLE_RESOURCES:
-            argument_spec[resource] = dict(type='str')
+            argument_spec[resource] = dict(type='list')
 
     module = ControllerAWXKitModule(argument_spec=argument_spec)
 
diff --git a/awxkit/awxkit/api/pages/api.py b/awxkit/awxkit/api/pages/api.py
index c757efdf1f..c8aa36ad6b 100644
--- a/awxkit/awxkit/api/pages/api.py
+++ b/awxkit/awxkit/api/pages/api.py
@@ -213,13 +213,23 @@ class ApiV2(base.Base):
         assets = (self._export(asset, post_fields) for asset in endpoint.results)
         return [asset for asset in assets if asset is not None]
 
+    def _check_for_int(self, value):
+        return isinstance(value, int) or (isinstance(value, str) and value.isdecimal())
+
     def _filtered_list(self, endpoint, value):
-        if isinstance(value, int) or value.isdecimal():
+        if isinstance(value, list) and len(value) == 1:
+            value = value[0]
+        if self._check_for_int(value):
             return endpoint.get(id=int(value))
+
         options = self._cache.get_options(endpoint)
         identifier = next(field for field in options['search_fields'] if field in ('name', 'username', 'hostname'))
-        if len(value.split(',')) > 0:
-            identifier += '__in'
+        if isinstance(value, list):
+            if all(self._check_for_int(item) for item in value):
+                identifier = 'or__id'
+            else:
+                identifier = 'or__' + identifier
+
         return endpoint.get(**{identifier: value}, all_pages=True)
 
     def export_assets(self, **kwargs):
diff --git a/awxkit/awxkit/cli/resource.py b/awxkit/awxkit/cli/resource.py
index 27b6c623ee..f5f0428083 100644
--- a/awxkit/awxkit/cli/resource.py
+++ b/awxkit/awxkit/cli/resource.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class Export(CustomCommand):
             # 1) the resource flag is not used at all, which will result in the attr being None
             # 2) the resource flag is used with no argument, which will result in the attr being ''
             # 3) the resource flag is used with an argument, and the attr will be that argument's value
-            resources.add_argument('--{}'.format(resource), nargs='?', const='')
+            resources.add_argument('--{}'.format(resource), nargs='*')
 
     def handle(self, client, parser):
         self.extend_parser(parser)