diff --git a/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_replace_string.md b/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_replace_string.md
index 179b8a08d7ab31..967dd3c01a6137 100644
--- a/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_replace_string.md
+++ b/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_replace_string.md
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ The latest version of this document lives in the [vcpkg repo](https://github.com
 Replace a string in a file.
 
 ```cmake
-vcpkg_replace_string(filename match_string replace_string)
+vcpkg_replace_string(<filename> <match> <replace>)
 ```
 
-
 ## Source
 [scripts/cmake/vcpkg\_replace\_string.cmake](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_replace_string.cmake)
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_replace_string.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_replace_string.cmake
index d24b8677ec0fd6..1f8b37b656fb6a 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_replace_string.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_replace_string.cmake
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@
 Replace a string in a file.
 
 ```cmake
-vcpkg_replace_string(filename match_string replace_string)
+vcpkg_replace_string(<filename> <match> <replace>)
 ```
-
 #]===]
 
-function(vcpkg_replace_string filename match_string replace_string)
-    file(READ ${filename} _contents)
-    string(REPLACE "${match_string}" "${replace_string}" _contents "${_contents}")
-    file(WRITE ${filename} "${_contents}")
+function(vcpkg_replace_string filename match replace)
+    file(READ "${filename}" contents)
+    string(REPLACE "${match}" "${replace}" contents "${contents}")
+    file(WRITE "${filename}" "${contents}")
 endfunction()