diff --git a/flag.go b/flag.go
index 6754863050..e4357f3f3c 100644
--- a/flag.go
+++ b/flag.go
@@ -378,17 +378,17 @@ func hasFlag(flags []Flag, fl Flag) bool {
 // Return the first value from a list of environment variables and files
 // (which may or may not exist), a description of where the value was found,
 // and a boolean which is true if a value was found.
-func flagFromEnvOrFile(envVars []string, filePath string) (value string, fromWhere string, found bool) {
+func flagFromEnvOrFile(envVars []string, filePaths []string) (value string, fromWhere string, found bool) {
 	for _, envVar := range envVars {
 		envVar = strings.TrimSpace(envVar)
 		if value, found := syscall.Getenv(envVar); found {
 			return value, fmt.Sprintf("environment variable %q", envVar), true
 		}
 	}
-	for _, fileVar := range strings.Split(filePath, ",") {
+	for _, fileVar := range filePaths {
 		if fileVar != "" {
 			if data, err := os.ReadFile(fileVar); err == nil {
-				return string(data), fmt.Sprintf("file %q", filePath), true
+				return string(data), fmt.Sprintf("file %q", filePaths), true
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/flag_impl.go b/flag_impl.go
index cd3d3a5e14..18566fa86c 100644
--- a/flag_impl.go
+++ b/flag_impl.go
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ type NoConfig struct{}
 type FlagBase[T any, C any, VC ValueCreator[T, C]] struct {
 	Name string // name of the flag
 
-	Category    string // category of the flag, if any
-	DefaultText string // default text of the flag for usage purposes
-	FilePath    string // file path to load value from
-	Usage       string // usage string for help output
+	Category    string   // category of the flag, if any
+	DefaultText string   // default text of the flag for usage purposes
+	FilePaths   []string // file paths to load value from
+	Usage       string   // usage string for help output
 
 	Required   bool // whether the flag is required or not
 	Hidden     bool // whether to hide the flag in help output
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (f *FlagBase[T, C, V]) Apply(set *flag.FlagSet) error {
 	if !f.applied || !f.Persistent {
 		newVal := f.Value
 
-		if val, source, found := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePath); found {
+		if val, source, found := flagFromEnvOrFile(f.EnvVars, f.FilePaths); found {
 			tmpVal := f.creator.Create(f.Value, new(T), f.Config)
 			if val != "" || reflect.TypeOf(f.Value).Kind() == reflect.String {
 				if err := tmpVal.Set(val); err != nil {
diff --git a/flag_test.go b/flag_test.go
index 95e3bd9348..9bee920d67 100644
--- a/flag_test.go
+++ b/flag_test.go
@@ -2565,7 +2565,7 @@ func TestFlagFromFile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, filePathTest := range filePathTests {
-		got, _, _ := flagFromEnvOrFile(filePathTest.name, filePathTest.path)
+		got, _, _ := flagFromEnvOrFile(filePathTest.name, []string{filePathTest.path})
 		if want := filePathTest.expected; got != want {
 			t.Errorf("Did not expect %v - Want %v", got, want)
 		}
diff --git a/godoc-current.txt b/godoc-current.txt
index 4f426b7ace..6e3aca2877 100644
--- a/godoc-current.txt
+++ b/godoc-current.txt
@@ -775,10 +775,10 @@ var VersionFlag Flag = &BoolFlag{
 type FlagBase[T any, C any, VC ValueCreator[T, C]] struct {
 	Name string // name of the flag
 
-	Category    string // category of the flag, if any
-	DefaultText string // default text of the flag for usage purposes
-	FilePath    string // file path to load value from
-	Usage       string // usage string for help output
+	Category    string   // category of the flag, if any
+	DefaultText string   // default text of the flag for usage purposes
+	FilePaths   []string // file paths to load value from
+	Usage       string   // usage string for help output
 
 	Required   bool // whether the flag is required or not
 	Hidden     bool // whether to hide the flag in help output
diff --git a/testdata/godoc-v3.x.txt b/testdata/godoc-v3.x.txt
index 4f426b7ace..6e3aca2877 100644
--- a/testdata/godoc-v3.x.txt
+++ b/testdata/godoc-v3.x.txt
@@ -775,10 +775,10 @@ var VersionFlag Flag = &BoolFlag{
 type FlagBase[T any, C any, VC ValueCreator[T, C]] struct {
 	Name string // name of the flag
 
-	Category    string // category of the flag, if any
-	DefaultText string // default text of the flag for usage purposes
-	FilePath    string // file path to load value from
-	Usage       string // usage string for help output
+	Category    string   // category of the flag, if any
+	DefaultText string   // default text of the flag for usage purposes
+	FilePaths   []string // file paths to load value from
+	Usage       string   // usage string for help output
 
 	Required   bool // whether the flag is required or not
 	Hidden     bool // whether to hide the flag in help output