diff --git a/reference/pcre/pattern.modifiers.xml b/reference/pcre/pattern.modifiers.xml
index fe42e69fbf..9837fe917f 100644
--- a/reference/pcre/pattern.modifiers.xml
+++ b/reference/pcre/pattern.modifiers.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.15 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.16 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/pcre.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
 <article xml:id="reference.pcre.pattern.modifiers" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <title>Pattern Modifiers</title>
- <titleabbrev>Describes possible modifiers in regex patterns</titleabbrev>
+ <titleabbrev>Possible modifiers in regex patterns</titleabbrev>
   <para>
    The current possible PCRE modifiers are listed below.  The names
    in parentheses refer to internal PCRE names for these modifiers.
diff --git a/reference/pcre/pattern.syntax.xml b/reference/pcre/pattern.syntax.xml
index dd4926baaa..959a034613 100644
--- a/reference/pcre/pattern.syntax.xml
+++ b/reference/pcre/pattern.syntax.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.22 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.23 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/pcre.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
 <chapter xml:id="reference.pcre.pattern.syntax" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <title>Pattern Syntax</title>
- <titleabbrev>Describes PCRE regex syntax</titleabbrev>
+ <titleabbrev>PCRE regex syntax</titleabbrev>
 
    <section xml:id="regexp.reference">
     <title>Regular Expression Details</title>