diff --git a/entity-framework/core/cli/dotnet.md b/entity-framework/core/cli/dotnet.md
index e30b6e83f3..2bbc5518d0 100644
--- a/entity-framework/core/cli/dotnet.md
+++ b/entity-framework/core/cli/dotnet.md
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold "Server=(localdb)\mssqllocaldb;Database=Blogging;Tr
 The following example reads the connection string from the project's configuration set using the [Secret Manager tool](/aspnet/core/security/app-secrets#secret-manager).
 
 ```dotnetcli
-dotnet user-secrets set ConnectionStrings.Blogging "Data Source=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB;Initial Catalog=Blogging"
-dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold Name=ConnectionStrings.Blogging Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
+dotnet user-secrets set ConnectionStrings:Blogging "Data Source=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB;Initial Catalog=Blogging"
+dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold Name=ConnectionStrings:Blogging Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
 ```
 
 ## dotnet ef dbcontext script
diff --git a/entity-framework/core/cli/powershell.md b/entity-framework/core/cli/powershell.md
index f6c73ce8fa..e9412d5efe 100644
--- a/entity-framework/core/cli/powershell.md
+++ b/entity-framework/core/cli/powershell.md
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ Scaffold-DbContext "Server=(localdb)\mssqllocaldb;Database=Blogging;Trusted_Conn
 The following example reads the connection string from the project's configuration possibly set using the [Secret Manager tool](/aspnet/core/security/app-secrets#secret-manager).
 
 ```powershell
-Scaffold-DbContext "Name=ConnectionStrings.Blogging" Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
+Scaffold-DbContext "Name=ConnectionStrings:Blogging" Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
 ```
 
 ## Script-DbContext
diff --git a/entity-framework/core/managing-schemas/scaffolding.md b/entity-framework/core/managing-schemas/scaffolding.md
index 1c1465f50a..4d217cf84d 100644
--- a/entity-framework/core/managing-schemas/scaffolding.md
+++ b/entity-framework/core/managing-schemas/scaffolding.md
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ If you have an ASP.NET Core project, you can use the `Name=<connection-string>`
 This works well with the [Secret Manager tool](/aspnet/core/security/app-secrets#secret-manager) to keep your database password separate from your codebase.
 
 ```dotnetcli
-dotnet user-secrets set ConnectionStrings.Chinook "Data Source=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB;Initial Catalog=Chinook"
-dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold Name=ConnectionStrings.Chinook Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
+dotnet user-secrets set ConnectionStrings:Chinook "Data Source=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB;Initial Catalog=Chinook"
+dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold Name=ConnectionStrings:Chinook Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
 ```
 
 ## Provider name
diff --git a/entity-framework/core/miscellaneous/connection-strings.md b/entity-framework/core/miscellaneous/connection-strings.md
index 77cceb6573..ba3004cde9 100644
--- a/entity-framework/core/miscellaneous/connection-strings.md
+++ b/entity-framework/core/miscellaneous/connection-strings.md
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ In ASP.NET Core the configuration system is very flexible, and the connection st
 For instance, you can use the [Secret Manager tool](/aspnet/core/security/app-secrets#secret-manager) to store your database password and then, in scaffolding, use a connection string that simply consists of `Name=<database-alias>`.
 
 ```dotnetcli
-dotnet user-secrets set ConnectionStrings.YourDatabaseAlias "Data Source=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB;Initial Catalog=YourDatabase"
-dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold Name=ConnectionStrings.YourDatabaseAlias Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
+dotnet user-secrets set ConnectionStrings:YourDatabaseAlias "Data Source=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB;Initial Catalog=YourDatabase"
+dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold Name=ConnectionStrings:YourDatabaseAlias Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
 ```
 
 Or the following example shows the connection string stored in `appsettings.json`.