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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man3/regex.3 b/man3/regex.3 index bedb97e87..47fe661d2 100644 --- a/man3/regex.3 +++ b/man3/regex.3 @@ -105,12 +105,10 @@ contains .SS Matching .BR regexec () is used to match a null-terminated string -against the precompiled pattern buffer, -.IR preg . -.I nmatch -and -.I pmatch -are used to provide information regarding the location of any matches. +against the compiled pattern buffer in +.IR *preg , +which must have been initialised with +.BR regexec (). .I eflags is the bitwise OR |