diff --git a/base/abstractarraymath.jl b/base/abstractarraymath.jl
index 0f028a0f667292..874a2215892bb1 100644
--- a/base/abstractarraymath.jl
+++ b/base/abstractarraymath.jl
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ julia> repeat([1, 2, 3], 2, 3)
  3  3  3
 ```
 """
-function repeat(A::AbstractArray, counts...)
+function repeat(A::AbstractArray, counts::Integer...)
     return repeat(A, outer=counts)
 end