diff --git a/nbdev/config.py b/nbdev/config.py
index 16de3a049..be9211bc6 100644
--- a/nbdev/config.py
+++ b/nbdev/config.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def _apply_defaults(
     clear_all:bool_arg=False, # Remove all cell metadata and cell outputs?
     cell_number:bool_arg=True, # Add cell number to the exported file
     put_version_in_init:bool_arg=True, # Add the version to the main __init__.py in nbdev_export
-    skip_procs:str='', # A list of processors that you want to skip
+    skip_procs:str='', # A comma-separated list of processors that you want to skip
 ):
     "Apply default settings where missing in `cfg`."
     if getattr(cfg,'repo',None) is None:
diff --git a/nbdev/processors.py b/nbdev/processors.py
index 9d5f9b97f..376a8bc8b 100644
--- a/nbdev/processors.py
+++ b/nbdev/processors.py
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ def base_procs(self):
 
     def procs(self):
         "Processors for export"
-        skip_procs = get_config().get('skip_procs', '').split()
+        skip_procs = get_config().get('skip_procs', '').split(',')
         return L(self.base_procs()).filter(lambda x: x.__name__ not in skip_procs) + self.xtra_procs()
     
     def nb_proc(self, nb):
diff --git a/nbs/api/01_config.ipynb b/nbs/api/01_config.ipynb
index 72a115170..6886cc808 100644
--- a/nbs/api/01_config.ipynb
+++ b/nbs/api/01_config.ipynb
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
     "    clear_all:bool_arg=False, # Remove all cell metadata and cell outputs?\n",
     "    cell_number:bool_arg=True, # Add cell number to the exported file\n",
     "    put_version_in_init:bool_arg=True, # Add the version to the main __init__.py in nbdev_export\n",
-    "    skip_procs:str='', # A list of processors that you want to skip\n",
+    "    skip_procs:str='', # A comma-separated list of processors that you want to skip\n",
     "):\n",
     "    \"Apply default settings where missing in `cfg`.\"\n",
     "    if getattr(cfg,'repo',None) is None:\n",
diff --git a/nbs/api/10_processors.ipynb b/nbs/api/10_processors.ipynb
index b69068248..d5790b377 100644
--- a/nbs/api/10_processors.ipynb
+++ b/nbs/api/10_processors.ipynb
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@
     "\n",
     "    def procs(self):\n",
     "        \"Processors for export\"\n",
-    "        skip_procs = get_config().get('skip_procs', '').split()\n",
+    "        skip_procs = get_config().get('skip_procs', '').split(',')\n",
     "        return L(self.base_procs()).filter(lambda x: x.__name__ not in skip_procs) + self.xtra_procs()\n",
     "    \n",
     "    def nb_proc(self, nb):\n",