diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/types/benchmark.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/types/benchmark.ts
index e3620aa7ee70..567f85e0025a 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/types/benchmark.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/types/benchmark.ts
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ export interface BenchmarkUserOptions {
   includeSource?: string[]
 
   /**
-   * Custom reporter for output. Can contain one or more built-in report names, reporter instances,
-   * and/or paths to custom reporters
+   * Custom reporters to use for output. Can contain one or more built-in reporter names, reporter instances,
+   * and/or paths to custom reporter files to import.
    *
    * @default ['default']
    */
-  reporters?: Arrayable<BenchmarkBuiltinReporters | Reporter>
+  reporters?: Arrayable<BenchmarkBuiltinReporters | Reporter | (string & {})>
 
   /**
    * @deprecated Use `benchmark.outputJson` instead