diff --git a/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_copy_tools.md b/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_copy_tools.md
index aa9c0735cb9..e5a950bde3c 100644
--- a/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_copy_tools.md
+++ b/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_copy_tools.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ The path to the directory containing the tools. This will be set to `${CURRENT_P
 Destination to copy the tools to. This will be set to `${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/${PORT}` if omitted.
 
 ### AUTO_CLEAN
-Auto clean executables in `${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin` and `${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin`.
+Auto clean the copied executables from `${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin` and `${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin`.
 
 ## Examples
 
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_copy_tools.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_copy_tools.cmake
index af4a457ffee..a9c19870b03 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_copy_tools.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_copy_tools.cmake
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The path to the directory containing the tools. This will be set to `${CURRENT_P
 Destination to copy the tools to. This will be set to `${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/${PORT}` if omitted.
 
 ### AUTO_CLEAN
-Auto clean executables in `${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin` and `${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin`.
+Auto clean the copied executables from `${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin` and `${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin`.
 
 ## Examples