diff --git a/seahub/api2/endpoints/repos_batch.py b/seahub/api2/endpoints/repos_batch.py
index 5db1e5cea9..7f13f329c8 100644
--- a/seahub/api2/endpoints/repos_batch.py
+++ b/seahub/api2/endpoints/repos_batch.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class ReposBatchCopyDirView(APIView):
         {
             "src_repo_id":"7460f7ac-a0ff-4585-8906-bb5a57d2e118",
             "dst_repo_id":"a3fa768d-0f00-4343-8b8d-07b4077881db",
-            "path":[
+            "paths":[
                 {"src_path":"/1/2/3/","dst_path":"/4/5/6/"},
                 {"src_path":"/a/b/c/","dst_path":"/d/e/f/"},
             ]
@@ -301,9 +301,9 @@ class ReposBatchCopyDirView(APIView):
         """
 
         # argument check
-        path_list = request.data.get('path', None)
+        path_list = request.data.get('paths', None)
         if not path_list:
-            error_msg = 'path invalid.'
+            error_msg = 'paths invalid.'
             return api_error(status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST, error_msg)
 
         src_repo_id = request.data.get('src_repo_id', None)
@@ -316,12 +316,12 @@ class ReposBatchCopyDirView(APIView):
             error_msg = 'dst_repo_id invalid.'
             return api_error(status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST, error_msg)
 
-        # permission check, user must has `r/rw` permission for src folder.
+        # permission check, user must has `r/rw` permission for src repo.
         if check_folder_permission(request, src_repo_id, '/') is None:
             error_msg = 'Permission denied.'
             return api_error(status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN, error_msg)
 
-        # permission check, user must has `rw` permission for dst folder.
+        # permission check, user must has `rw` permission for dst repo.
         if check_folder_permission(request, dst_repo_id, '/') != 'rw':
             error_msg = 'Permission denied.'
             return api_error(status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN, error_msg)
diff --git a/tests/api/endpoints/test_repos_batch.py b/tests/api/endpoints/test_repos_batch.py
index cb4f32cb4a..a56de6f5a8 100644
--- a/tests/api/endpoints/test_repos_batch.py
+++ b/tests/api/endpoints/test_repos_batch.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class ReposBatchCopyDirView(BaseTestCase):
         data = {
             "src_repo_id": self.repo_id,
             "dst_repo_id": tmp_repo_id,
-            "path": [
+            "paths": [
                 {"src_path": src_folder_1, "dst_path": dst_folder_1},
                 {"src_path": src_folder_2, "dst_path": dst_folder_2},
             ]
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ class ReposBatchCopyDirView(BaseTestCase):
         data = {
             "src_repo_id": self.repo_id,
             "dst_repo_id": tmp_repo_id,
-            "path": [
+            "paths": [
                 {"src_path": '/', "dst_path": '/'},
                 {"src_path": '/', "dst_path": '/'},
             ]
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ class ReposBatchCopyDirView(BaseTestCase):
         data = {
             "src_repo_id": self.repo_id,
             "dst_repo_id": tmp_repo_id,
-            "path": [
+            "paths": [
                 {"src_path": '/', "dst_path": '/'},
             ]
         }
@@ -323,3 +323,5 @@ class ReposBatchCopyDirView(BaseTestCase):
 
         assert json_resp['failed'][0]['error_msg'] == \
                 "The source path can not be '/'."
+
+        self.remove_repo(tmp_repo_id)