diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts
index 335b1a019f9d..164200240aa6 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   reportMessage,
   posixPath,
   addTrailingPathSeparator,
-  createExcludeMatcher,
+  createMatcher,
 } from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {
   STATIC_DIR_NAME,
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ export default function pluginContentBlog(
                     beforeDefaultRemarkPlugins,
                     beforeDefaultRehypePlugins,
                     staticDir: path.join(siteDir, STATIC_DIR_NAME),
-                    isMDXPartial: createExcludeMatcher(options.exclude),
+                    isMDXPartial: createMatcher(options.exclude),
                     metadataPath: (mdxPath: string) => {
                       // Note that metadataPath must be the same/in-sync as
                       // the path from createData for each MDX.
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/index.ts
index d8670c1440ae..a79438ad5126 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/index.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   reportMessage,
   posixPath,
   addTrailingPathSeparator,
-  createExcludeMatcher,
+  createMatcher,
 } from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {LoadContext, Plugin, RouteConfig} from '@docusaurus/types';
 import {loadSidebars, createSidebarsUtils, processSidebars} from './sidebars';
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ export default function pluginContentDocs(
                 beforeDefaultRehypePlugins,
                 beforeDefaultRemarkPlugins,
                 staticDir: path.join(siteDir, STATIC_DIR_NAME),
-                isMDXPartial: createExcludeMatcher(options.exclude),
+                isMDXPartial: createMatcher(options.exclude),
                 metadataPath: (mdxPath: string) => {
                   // Note that metadataPath must be the same/in-sync as
                   // the path from createData for each MDX.
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/index.ts
index 12d9785474c7..01b40bcd8474 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages/src/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   getFolderContainingFile,
   addTrailingPathSeparator,
   Globby,
-  createExcludeMatcher,
+  createMatcher,
 } from '@docusaurus/utils';
 import {
   LoadContext,
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ export default function pluginContentPages(
                     beforeDefaultRehypePlugins,
                     beforeDefaultRemarkPlugins,
                     staticDir: path.join(siteDir, STATIC_DIR_NAME),
-                    isMDXPartial: createExcludeMatcher(options.exclude),
+                    isMDXPartial: createMatcher(options.exclude),
                     metadataPath: (mdxPath: string) => {
                       // Note that metadataPath must be the same/in-sync as
                       // the path from createData for each MDX.
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/globUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/globUtils.ts
index dbd2e082020f..96c000bcc6b7 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/globUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/globUtils.ts
@@ -25,12 +25,11 @@ export const GlobExcludeDefault = [
   '**/__tests__/**',
 ];
 
-type ExcludeMatcher = (path: string) => boolean;
-export function createExcludeMatcher(exclude: string[]): ExcludeMatcher {
+type Matcher = (str: string) => boolean;
+
+export function createMatcher(patterns: string[]): Matcher {
   const regexp = new RegExp(
-    exclude.map((pattern) => Micromatch.makeRe(pattern).source).join('|'),
+    patterns.map((pattern) => Micromatch.makeRe(pattern).source).join('|'),
   );
-  return function isExcluded(str: string) {
-    return regexp.test(str);
-  };
+  return (str) => regexp.test(str);
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts
index 0fef74454a1f..2db5ff378de1 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export * from './markdownParser';
 export * from './markdownLinks';
 export * from './escapePath';
 export {md5Hash, simpleHash, docuHash} from './hashUtils';
-export {Globby, GlobExcludeDefault, createExcludeMatcher} from './globUtils';
+export {Globby, GlobExcludeDefault, createMatcher} from './globUtils';
 
 const fileHash = new Map();
 export async function generate(