diff --git a/pandas/io/formats/style.py b/pandas/io/formats/style.py
index 6293ad6ae3ddf..432e12f303919 100644
--- a/pandas/io/formats/style.py
+++ b/pandas/io/formats/style.py
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ def _mpl(func: Callable):
 color = """color : str, default 'yellow'
            Background color to use for highlighting."""
 
+buf = """buf : str, path object, file-like object, optional
+         String, path object (implementing ``os.PathLike[str]``), or file-like
+         object implementing a string ``write()`` function. If ``None``, the result is
+         returned as a string."""
+
+encoding = """encoding : str, optional
+              Character encoding setting for file output (and meta tags if available).
+              Defaults to ``pandas.options.styler.render.encoding`` value of "utf-8"."""
+
 #
 ###
 
@@ -1053,6 +1062,7 @@ def to_latex(
             latex, buf=buf, encoding=None if buf is None else encoding
         )
 
+    @Substitution(buf=buf, encoding=encoding)
     def to_html(
         self,
         buf: FilePath | WriteBuffer[str] | None = None,
@@ -1077,10 +1087,7 @@ def to_html(
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        buf : str, path object, file-like object, or None, default None
-            String, path object (implementing ``os.PathLike[str]``), or file-like
-            object implementing a string ``write()`` function. If None, the result is
-            returned as a string.
+        %(buf)s
         table_uuid : str, optional
             Id attribute assigned to the <table> HTML element in the format:
 
@@ -1127,9 +1134,7 @@ def to_html(
             which is 262144 (18 bit browser rendering).
 
             .. versionadded:: 1.4.0
-        encoding : str, optional
-            Character encoding setting for file output, and HTML meta tags.
-            Defaults to ``pandas.options.styler.render.encoding`` value of "utf-8".
+        %(encoding)s
         doctype_html : bool, default False
             Whether to output a fully structured HTML file including all
             HTML elements, or just the core ``<style>`` and ``<table>`` elements.
@@ -1189,6 +1194,7 @@ def to_html(
             html, buf=buf, encoding=(encoding if buf is not None else None)
         )
 
+    @Substitution(buf=buf, encoding=encoding)
     def to_string(
         self,
         buf=None,
@@ -1207,11 +1213,8 @@ def to_string(
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        buf : str, Path, or StringIO-like, optional, default None
-            Buffer to write to. If ``None``, the output is returned as a string.
-        encoding : str, optional
-            Character encoding setting for file output.
-            Defaults to ``pandas.options.styler.render.encoding`` value of "utf-8".
+        %(buf)s
+        %(encoding)s
         sparse_index : bool, optional
             Whether to sparsify the display of a hierarchical index. Setting to False
             will display each explicit level element in a hierarchical key for each row.