diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
index c63411ce7..13453dee9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
@@ -6166,7 +6166,7 @@ private static boolean startsWith(String str, String prefix, boolean ignoreCase)
      *  both <code>null</code>
      * @since 2.5
      */
-    public static boolean startsWithAny(String string, String[] searchStrings) {
+    public static boolean startsWithAny(String string, String... searchStrings) {
         if (isEmpty(string) || ArrayUtils.isEmpty(searchStrings)) {
             return false;
         }