diff --git a/pygmt/src/grdlandmask.py b/pygmt/src/grdlandmask.py
index 40e29800075..f2fdae251d9 100644
--- a/pygmt/src/grdlandmask.py
+++ b/pygmt/src/grdlandmask.py
@@ -2,13 +2,20 @@
 grdlandmask - Create a "wet-dry" mask grid from shoreline database.
 """
 
+from collections.abc import Sequence
 from typing import Literal
 
 import xarray as xr
 from pygmt._typing import PathLike
 from pygmt.clib import Session
 from pygmt.exceptions import GMTInvalidInput
-from pygmt.helpers import build_arg_list, fmt_docstring, kwargs_to_strings, use_alias
+from pygmt.helpers import (
+    build_arg_list,
+    fmt_docstring,
+    kwargs_to_strings,
+    sequence_join,
+    use_alias,
+)
 from pygmt.src._common import _parse_coastline_resolution
 
 __doctest_skip__ = ["grdlandmask"]
@@ -18,17 +25,19 @@
 @use_alias(
     A="area_thresh",
     D="resolution-",
-    E="bordervalues",
+    E="bordervalues-",
     I="spacing",
-    N="maskvalues",
+    N="maskvalues-",
     R="region",
     V="verbose",
     r="registration",
     x="cores",
 )
-@kwargs_to_strings(I="sequence", R="sequence", N="sequence", E="sequence")
+@kwargs_to_strings(I="sequence", R="sequence")
 def grdlandmask(
     outgrid: PathLike | None = None,
+    maskvalues: Sequence[float] | None = None,
+    bordervalues: bool | float | Sequence[float] | None = None,
     resolution: Literal[
         "auto", "full", "high", "intermediate", "low", "crude", None
     ] = None,
@@ -62,7 +71,7 @@ def grdlandmask(
         mask file using one resolution is not guaranteed to remain inside [or outside]
         when a different resolution is selected. If ``None``, the low resolution is used
         by default.
-    maskvalues : list
+    maskvalues
         Set the values that will be assigned to nodes, in the form of [*wet*, *dry*], or
         [*ocean*, *land*, *lake*, *island*, *pond*]. Default is ``[0, 1, 0, 1, 0]``
         (i.e., ``[0, 1]``), meaning that all "wet" nodes will be assigned a value of 0
@@ -70,7 +79,7 @@ def grdlandmask(
         one of ``None``, ``"NaN"``, and ``np.nan`` for setting nodes to NaN.
 
         Use ``bordervalues`` to control how nodes on feature boundaries are handled.
-    bordervalues : bool, float, or list
+    bordervalues
         Sets the behavior for nodes that fall exactly on a polygon boundary. Valid
         values are:
 
@@ -110,6 +119,8 @@ def grdlandmask(
         raise GMTInvalidInput(msg)
 
     kwargs["D"] = kwargs.get("D", _parse_coastline_resolution(resolution))
+    kwargs["N"] = sequence_join(maskvalues, size=(2, 5), name="maskvalues")
+    kwargs["E"] = sequence_join(bordervalues, size=(1, 4), name="bordervalues")
 
     with Session() as lib:
         with lib.virtualfile_out(kind="grid", fname=outgrid) as voutgrd: