diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index 981c15f..ba87f4d 100755
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ var options = require("nomnom")
   .script("jsonlint")
   .options({
     file: {
+      list: true,
       position: 0,
-      help: "file to parse; otherwise uses stdin"
+      help: "file(s) to parse; otherwise uses stdin"
     },
     version: {
       flag : true,
@@ -131,12 +132,14 @@ function schemaError (str, err) {
 function main (args) {
   var source = '';
   if (options.file) {
-    var json = path.normalize(options.file);
-    source = parse(fs.readFileSync(json, "utf8"));
-    if (options.inplace) {
-      fs.writeSync(fs.openSync(json,'w+'), source, 0, "utf8");
-    } else {
-      if (! options.quiet) { console.log(source)};
+    for (var i = 0; i < options.file.length; i++) {
+      var json = path.normalize(options.file[i]);
+      source = parse(fs.readFileSync(json, "utf8"));
+      if (options.inplace) {
+        fs.writeSync(fs.openSync(json,'w+'), source, 0, "utf8");
+      } else {
+        if (! options.quiet) { console.log(source)};
+      }
     }
   } else {
     var stdin = process.openStdin();