diff --git a/packaging/os/homebrew.py b/packaging/os/homebrew.py
index 91888ba6bca..6b3aea550a8 100644
--- a/packaging/os/homebrew.py
+++ b/packaging/os/homebrew.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 # (c) 2013, Andrew Dunham <andrew@du.nham.ca>
 # (c) 2013, Daniel Jaouen <dcj24@cornell.edu>
+# (c) 2015, Indrajit Raychaudhuri <irc+code@indrajit.com>
 #
 # Based on macports (Jimmy Tang <jcftang@gmail.com>)
 #
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
 ---
 module: homebrew
 author:
+    - "Indrajit Raychaudhuri (@indrajitr)"
     - "Daniel Jaouen (@danieljaouen)"
     - "Andrew Dunham (@andrew-d)"
 short_description: Package manager for Homebrew
@@ -45,13 +47,13 @@ options:
         description:
             - update homebrew itself first
         required: false
-        default: "no"
+        default: no
         choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
     upgrade_all:
         description:
             - upgrade all homebrew packages
         required: false
-        default: "no"
+        default: no
         choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
     install_options:
         description:
@@ -763,7 +765,7 @@ class Homebrew(object):
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
-            name=dict(aliases=["pkg"], required=False),
+            name=dict(aliases=["pkg", "package"], required=False, type='list'),
             path=dict(required=False),
             state=dict(
                 default="present",
@@ -775,12 +777,12 @@ def main():
                 ],
             ),
             update_homebrew=dict(
-                default="no",
+                default=False,
                 aliases=["update-brew"],
                 type='bool',
             ),
             upgrade_all=dict(
-                default="no",
+                default=False,
                 aliases=["upgrade"],
                 type='bool',
             ),
@@ -795,7 +797,7 @@ def main():
     p = module.params
 
     if p['name']:
-        packages = p['name'].split(',')
+        packages = p['name']
     else:
         packages = None
 
@@ -839,4 +841,3 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
-