diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/taglist/FileAnalyser.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/taglist/FileAnalyser.java
index 33e1478..8dfbcf1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/taglist/FileAnalyser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/taglist/FileAnalyser.java
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ public FileAnalyser( TagListReport report, List<TagClass> tagClasses )
         locale = report.getLocale();
         noCommentString = report.getBundle().getString( "report.taglist.nocomment" );      
         this.tagClasses = tagClasses;
-        this.includes = report.getIncludes();
-        this.excludes = report.getExcludes();
+        this.includes = report.getIncludesCommaSeparated();
+        this.excludes = report.getExcludesCommaSeparated();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/taglist/TagListReport.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/taglist/TagListReport.java
index 3b10ba6..60c3d0a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/taglist/TagListReport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/taglist/TagListReport.java
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ private boolean hasSources( File dir )
         if ( dir.exists() && dir.isDirectory() )
         {
             try {
-                if ( ! FileUtils.getFiles( dir, getIncludes(), getExcludes() ).isEmpty() ) {
+                if ( ! FileUtils.getFiles( dir, getIncludesCommaSeparated(), getExcludesCommaSeparated() ).isEmpty() ) {
                     found = true;
                 }
             } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ public List constructSourceDirs()
     /**
      * Get the files to include, as a comma separated list of patterns.
      */
-    public String getIncludes()
+    String getIncludesCommaSeparated()
     {
         if ( includes != null ) {
             return String.join(",", includes);
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ public String getIncludes()
     /**
      * Get the files to exclude, as a comma separated list of patterns.
      */
-    public String getExcludes()
+    String getExcludesCommaSeparated()
     {
       if ( excludes != null ) {
           return String.join(",", excludes);