diff --git a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-readme.yml b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-readme.yml
index 9d8d92fb7cb7..7b9217ade3e2 100644
--- a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-readme.yml
+++ b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/verify-readme.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 parameters:
-  ScanPath: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)
-  RepoRoot: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)
-  SettingsPath: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/.docsettings.yml'
-  DocWardenVersion : '0.7.2'
+- name: ScanPath
+  type: string
+  default: ''
+  # Where ScanPath takes a single path, ScanPaths takes a comma separated list of paths to scan
+- name: ScanPaths
+  type: string
+  default: ''
+- name: RepoRoot
+  type: string
+  default: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)
+- name: SettingsPath
+  type: string
+  default: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)/eng/.docsettings.yml'
+- name: DocWardenVersion
+  type: string
+  default: ''
 
 steps:
 - task: PowerShell@2
@@ -10,8 +22,8 @@ steps:
   inputs:
     filePath: "eng/common/scripts/Verify-Readme.ps1"
     arguments: >
-      -DocWardenVersion ${{ parameters.DocWardenVersion }}
-      -ScanPath ${{ parameters.ScanPath }}
+      -DocWardenVersion '${{ parameters.DocWardenVersion }}'
+      -ScanPaths '${{ coalesce(parameters.ScanPath, parameters.ScanPaths) }}'
       -RepoRoot ${{ parameters.RepoRoot }}
       -SettingsPath ${{ parameters.SettingsPath }}
     pwsh: true
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diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Readme.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Readme.ps1
index c0259934048b..4e2cd6522497 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Readme.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Readme.ps1
@@ -1,24 +1,105 @@
 # Wrapper Script for Readme Verification
 [CmdletBinding()]
 param (
-  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+  [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
   [string]$DocWardenVersion,
-  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
-  [string]$ScanPath,
   [string]$RepoRoot,
+  [string]$ScanPaths,
   [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
   [string]$SettingsPath
 )
+. (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot common.ps1)
+$DefaultDocWardenVersion = "0.7.2"
+$script:FoundError = $false
+
+function Test-Readme-Files {
+  param(
+    [string]$SettingsPath,
+    [string]$ScanPath,
+    [string]$RepoRoot)
+
+      Write-Host "Scanning..."
+
+      if ($RepoRoot)
+      {
+        Write-Host "ward scan -d $ScanPath -u $RepoRoot -c $SettingsPath"
+        ward scan -d $ScanPath -u $RepoRoot -c $SettingsPath
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        Write-Host "ward scan -d $ScanPath -c $SettingsPath"
+        ward scan -d $ScanPath -c $SettingsPath
+      }
+      # ward scan is what returns the non-zero exit code on failure.
+      # Since it's being called from a function, that error needs to
+      # be propagated back so the script can exit appropriately
+      if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
+        $script:FoundError = $true
+      }
+}
+
+# Verify all of the inputs before running anything
+if ([String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($DocWardenVersion)) {
+  $DocWardenVersion = $DefaultDocWardenVersion
+}
+
+# verify the doc settings file exists
+if (!(Test-Path -Path $SettingsPath -PathType leaf)) {
+  LogError "Setting file, $SettingsPath, does not exist"
+  $script:FoundError = $true
+}
+
+$scanPathsArray = @()
 
+# Verify that either ScanPath or ScanPaths were set but not both or neither
+if ([String]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($ScanPaths)) {
+  LogError "ScanPaths cannot be empty."
+} else {
+  $scanPathsArray = $ScanPaths.Split(',')
+  foreach ($path in $scanPathsArray) {
+    if (!(Test-Path -Path $path -PathType Container)) {
+      LogError "path, $path, doesn't exist or isn't a directory"
+      $script:FoundError = $true
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+# Exit out now if there were any argument issues
+if ($script:FoundError) {
+  LogError "There were argument failures, please see above for specifics"
+  exit 1
+}
+
+# Echo back the settings
+Write-Host "DocWardenVersion=$DocWardenVersion"
+Write-Host "SettingsPath=$SettingsPath"
+
+if ($RepoRoot) {
+  Write-Host "RepoRoot=$RepoRoot"
+}
+
+Write-Host "ScanPath=$ScanPaths"
+
+Write-Host "Installing setup tools and DocWarden"
+Write-Host "pip install setuptools wheel --quiet"
 pip install setuptools wheel --quiet
+if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
+  LogError "pip install setuptools wheel --quiet failed with exit code $LASTEXITCODE"
+  exit 1
+}
+Write-Host "pip install doc-warden==$DocWardenVersion --quiet"
 pip install doc-warden==$DocWardenVersion --quiet
-
-if ($RepoRoot)
-{
-  ward scan -d $ScanPath -u $RepoRoot -c $SettingsPath
+if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
+  LogError "pip install doc-warden==$DocWardenVersion --quiet failed with exit code $LASTEXITCODE"
+  exit 1
 }
-else
-{
-  ward scan -d $ScanPath -c $SettingsPath
+
+# Finally, do the scanning
+foreach ($path in $scanPathsArray) {
+  Test-Readme-Files $SettingsPath $path $RepoRoot
 }
 
+if ($script:FoundError) {
+  LogError "There were README verification failures, scroll up to see the issue(s)"
+  exit 1
+}
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