diff --git a/exampleSite/content/shortcodes/button.en.md b/exampleSite/content/shortcodes/button.en.md
index 8165ce1d3a..fdd42b1d69 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/shortcodes/button.en.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/shortcodes/button.en.md
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ Once the button is clicked, it opens another browser tab for the given URL.
 #### To the Right
 
 ````go
-{{%/* button href="https://gohugo.io/" icon="download" icon-position="right" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button */%}}
+{{%/* button href="https://gohugo.io/" icon="download" iconposition="right" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button */%}}
 ````
 
-{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" icon="download" icon-position="right" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}
+{{% button href="https://gohugo.io/" icon="download" iconposition="right" %}}Get Hugo{{% /button %}}
 
 #### Override for Severity
 
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/button.html b/layouts/shortcodes/button.html
index 71934932ed..20125fb500 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/button.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/button.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "content" .Inner
   "href"          (.Get "href")
   "icon"          (.Get "icon")
-  "icon-position" (.Get "iconposition")
+  "iconposition"  ((.Get "iconposition") | default (.Get "icon-position"))
   "style"         (.Get "style")
   "title"         (.Get "title")
 ) }}
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