diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
index 5311a57c23116a3ecb1bc6d86dadb047f5cc40c8..55f4e14a46ae00dd2fce26287c5c1bc185513562 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
@@ -9857,12 +9857,12 @@ static const vshCmdOptDef opts_domxmltonative[] = {
      .help = N_("target config data type format")
     },
     {.name = "domain",
-     .type = VSH_OT_DATA,
+     .type = VSH_OT_STRING,
      .flags = VSH_OFLAG_REQ_OPT,
      .help = N_("domain name, id or uuid")
     },
     {.name = "xml",
-     .type = VSH_OT_DATA,
+     .type = VSH_OT_ARGV,
      .help = N_("xml data file to export from")
     },
     {.name = NULL}