diff --git a/Help/command/export.rst b/Help/command/export.rst
index 6668e97250..ab12fa65ec 100644
--- a/Help/command/export.rst
+++ b/Help/command/export.rst
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Exporting Targets to the |CPS|
           [VERSION_SCHEMA <string>]]
          [DEFAULT_TARGETS <target>...]
          [DEFAULT_CONFIGURATIONS <config>...]
-         [DESCRIPTION <project-description-string>]
+         [DESCRIPTION <description-string>]
          [HOMEPAGE_URL <url-string>])
 
 .. versionadded:: 4.1
diff --git a/Help/command/install.rst b/Help/command/install.rst
index 001bee0a02..bf59c27488 100644
--- a/Help/command/install.rst
+++ b/Help/command/install.rst
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ Signatures
              [VERSION_SCHEMA <string>]]
             [DEFAULT_TARGETS <target>...]
             [DEFAULT_CONFIGURATIONS <config>...]
-            [DESCRIPTION <project-description-string>]
+            [DESCRIPTION <description-string>]
             [HOMEPAGE_URL <url-string>]
             [PERMISSIONS <permission>...]
             [CONFIGURATIONS <config>...]
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ Signatures
     configurations exists.  If not specified, CMake will fall back to the
     package's available configurations in an unspecified order.
 
-  ``DESCRIPTION <project-description-string>``
+  ``DESCRIPTION <description-string>``
     .. versionadded:: 4.1
 
     An informational description of the project.  It is recommended that this
diff --git a/Help/command/project.rst b/Help/command/project.rst
index bf0f171b4a..d6ebe5669e 100644
--- a/Help/command/project.rst
+++ b/Help/command/project.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Synopsis
  project(<PROJECT-NAME>
          [VERSION <major>[.<minor>[.<patch>[.<tweak>]]]]
          [COMPAT_VERSION <major>[.<minor>[.<patch>[.<tweak>]]]]
-         [DESCRIPTION <project-description-string>]
+         [DESCRIPTION <description-string>]
          [HOMEPAGE_URL <url-string>]
          [LANGUAGES <language-name>...])
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ The options are:
     ``CMakeLists.txt``, then the compatibility version is also stored in the
     variable :variable:`CMAKE_PROJECT_COMPAT_VERSION`.
 
-``DESCRIPTION <project-description-string>``
+``DESCRIPTION <description-string>``
   .. versionadded:: 3.9
 
   Optional.
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ The options are:
 
   * :variable:`PROJECT_DESCRIPTION`, :variable:`<PROJECT-NAME>_DESCRIPTION`
 
-  to ``<project-description-string>``.
+  to ``<description-string>``.
   It is recommended that this description is a relatively short string,
   usually no more than a few words.