diff --git a/src/swagger/api-paginated-query.decorator.ts b/src/swagger/api-paginated-query.decorator.ts
index 6f13996..094b7cc 100644
--- a/src/swagger/api-paginated-query.decorator.ts
+++ b/src/swagger/api-paginated-query.decorator.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ function SearchBy(paginateConfig: PaginateConfig<any>) {
         ${li('Available Fields', paginateConfig.searchableColumns)}
         `,
         required: false,
+        isArray: true,
         type: 'string',
     })
 }
diff --git a/src/swagger/pagination-docs.spec.ts b/src/swagger/pagination-docs.spec.ts
index 3345a8b..646be6a 100644
--- a/src/swagger/pagination-docs.spec.ts
+++ b/src/swagger/pagination-docs.spec.ts
@@ -226,7 +226,10 @@ describe('PaginatedEndpoint decorator', () => {
                 description:
                     'List of fields to search by term to filter result values\n        <p>\n             <b>Example: </b> name\n          </p>\n        <p>\n             <b>Default Value: </b> By default all fields mentioned below will be used to search by term\n          </p>\n        <h4>Available Fields</h4><ul><li>name</li></ul>\n        ',
                 schema: {
-                    type: 'string',
+                    type: 'array',
+                    items: {
+                        type: 'string',
+                    },
                 },
             },
             {