diff --git a/reference/pcre/pattern.syntax.xml b/reference/pcre/pattern.syntax.xml
index 7d3dc1b488..0a7f11d835 100644
--- a/reference/pcre/pattern.syntax.xml
+++ b/reference/pcre/pattern.syntax.xml
@@ -1428,8 +1428,7 @@
    
    the captured substrings are "white queen" and  "queen",  and
    are  numbered  1  and 2. The maximum number of captured substrings
-   is 99, and the maximum number  of  all  subpatterns,
-   both capturing and non-capturing, is 200.
+   is 65535.
   </para>
   <para>
    As a  convenient  shorthand,  if  any  option  settings  are
@@ -2058,7 +2057,11 @@
    linkend="reference.pcre.pattern.modifiers">PCRE_EXTENDED</link> 
    option)  and to divide it into three parts for ease of discussion:
    
-   <literal>( \( )?    [^()]+    (?(1) \) )</literal>
+   <programlisting>
+<![CDATA[
+( \( )?    [^()]+    (?(1) \) )
+]]>
+   </programlisting>
   </para>
   <para>
    The first part matches an optional opening parenthesis,  and