diff --git a/data/locale/en-US.ini b/data/locale/en-US.ini
index 6b97ade3..e8bd2ac4 100644
--- a/data/locale/en-US.ini
+++ b/data/locale/en-US.ini
@@ -1078,6 +1078,7 @@ AdvSceneSwitcher.action.variable.askForValuePrompt="Assign value to variable:"
 AdvSceneSwitcher.action.variable.mathExpression.example="( 1 + 2 * 3 ) / 4"
 AdvSceneSwitcher.action.variable.findAndReplace.find="Text to find"
 AdvSceneSwitcher.action.variable.findAndReplace.replace="Text to replace with"
+AdvSceneSwitcher.action.variable.findAndReplace.replace.tooltip="Using \1, \2, etc. to represent first, second, etc. capture groups is supported."
 AdvSceneSwitcher.action.variable.subString.begin="Beginning"
 AdvSceneSwitcher.action.variable.subString.all="All"
 AdvSceneSwitcher.action.variable.invalidSelection="Invalid selection!"
diff --git a/lib/macro/macro-action-variable.cpp b/lib/macro/macro-action-variable.cpp
index 9040d46c..2b770b5c 100644
--- a/lib/macro/macro-action-variable.cpp
+++ b/lib/macro/macro-action-variable.cpp
@@ -150,18 +150,12 @@ void MacroActionVariable::HandleFindAndReplace(Variable *var)
 		var->SetValue(value);
 		return;
 	}
-	QString resultString = QString::fromStdString(value);
+
 	QString replacement = QString::fromStdString(_replaceStr);
 	auto regex = _findRegex.GetRegularExpression(_findStr);
-	auto matchIterator = regex.globalMatch(QString::fromStdString(value));
-	int offset = 0;
-	while (matchIterator.hasNext()) {
-		QRegularExpressionMatch match = matchIterator.next();
-		resultString.replace(match.capturedStart() + offset,
-				     match.capturedLength(), replacement);
-		offset += replacement.length() - match.capturedLength();
-	}
-	var->SetValue(resultString.toStdString());
+	auto result = QString::fromStdString(value);
+	result = result.replace(regex, replacement);
+	var->SetValue(result.toStdString());
 }
 
 void MacroActionVariable::HandleMathExpression(Variable *var)
@@ -739,6 +733,8 @@ MacroActionVariableEdit::MacroActionVariableEdit(
 	_regexMatchIdx->setMinimum(1);
 	_regexMatchIdx->setMaximum(999);
 	_regexMatchIdx->setSuffix(".");
+	_replaceStr->setToolTip(obs_module_text(
+		"AdvSceneSwitcher.action.variable.findAndReplace.replace.tooltip"));
 	_inputPrompt->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::MinimumExpanding,
 				    QSizePolicy::Preferred);
 	_sceneItemIndex->setMinimum(1);