diff --git a/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/documents.rs b/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/documents.rs
index a0e6b167e..91d214c61 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/documents.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/documents.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ pub struct BrowseQuery {
     #[deserr(default = PAGINATION_DEFAULT_LIMIT, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidDocumentGetLimit>)]
     limit: usize,
     #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidDocumentGetFields>)]
-    fields: OptionStarOrList<String>,
+    fields: Option<Vec<String>>,
     #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidDocumentGetFilter>)]
     filter: Option<Value>,
 }
@@ -184,7 +184,12 @@ pub async fn get_documents(
         None => None,
     };
 
-    let query = BrowseQuery { offset: offset.0, limit: limit.0, fields, filter };
+    let query = BrowseQuery {
+        offset: offset.0,
+        limit: limit.0,
+        fields: fields.merge_star_and_none(),
+        filter,
+    };
 
     documents_by_query(&index_scheduler, index_uid, query)
 }
@@ -196,11 +201,9 @@ fn documents_by_query(
 ) -> Result<HttpResponse, ResponseError> {
     let index_uid = IndexUid::try_from(index_uid.into_inner())?;
     let BrowseQuery { offset, limit, fields, filter } = query;
-    let attributes_to_retrieve = fields.merge_star_and_none();
 
     let index = index_scheduler.index(&index_uid)?;
-    let (total, documents) =
-        retrieve_documents(&index, offset, limit, filter, attributes_to_retrieve)?;
+    let (total, documents) = retrieve_documents(&index, offset, limit, filter, fields)?;
 
     let ret = PaginationView::new(offset, limit, total as usize, documents);
 
diff --git a/meilisearch/tests/documents/errors.rs b/meilisearch/tests/documents/errors.rs
index edf9c0709..2ed70f9fc 100644
--- a/meilisearch/tests/documents/errors.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/tests/documents/errors.rs
@@ -726,11 +726,11 @@ async fn fetch_document_by_filter() {
     }
     "###);
 
-    let (response, code) = index.get_document_by_filter(json!({ "fields": ["doggo"] })).await;
+    let (response, code) = index.get_document_by_filter(json!({ "fields": "doggo" })).await;
     snapshot!(code, @"400 Bad Request");
     snapshot!(json_string!(response), @r###"
     {
-      "message": "Invalid value type at `.fields`: expected a string, but found an array: `[\"doggo\"]`",
+      "message": "Invalid value type at `.fields`: expected an array, but found a string: `\"doggo\"`",
       "code": "invalid_document_get_fields",
       "type": "invalid_request",
       "link": "https://docs.meilisearch.com/errors#invalid_document_get_fields"
diff --git a/meilisearch/tests/documents/get_documents.rs b/meilisearch/tests/documents/get_documents.rs
index c4c49fc2f..7e6c5a2a9 100644
--- a/meilisearch/tests/documents/get_documents.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/tests/documents/get_documents.rs
@@ -473,7 +473,9 @@ async fn get_document_by_filter() {
     assert_eq!(response, response2);
 
     let (response, code) = index
-        .get_document_by_filter(json!({ "limit": 1, "filter": "color != blue", "fields": "color" }))
+        .get_document_by_filter(
+            json!({ "limit": 1, "filter": "color != blue", "fields": ["color"] }),
+        )
         .await;
     let (response2, code2) =
         index.get_all_documents_raw("?limit=1&filter=color!=blue&fields=color").await;