diff --git a/reference/mbstring/functions/mb-ereg.xml b/reference/mbstring/functions/mb-ereg.xml
index 72da82df68..9fb93dd247 100644
--- a/reference/mbstring/functions/mb-ereg.xml
+++ b/reference/mbstring/functions/mb-ereg.xml
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@
        array.
       </para>
       <para>
-       <varname>$regs[1]</varname> will contain the substring which starts at
-       the first left parenthesis; <varname>$regs[2]</varname> will contain
+       <varname>$matches[1]</varname> will contain the substring which starts at
+       the first left parenthesis; <varname>$matches[2]</varname> will contain
        the substring starting at the second, and so on.
-       <varname>$regs[0]</varname> will contain a copy of the complete string
+       <varname>$matches[0]</varname> will contain a copy of the complete string
        matched.
       </para>
      </listitem>
diff --git a/reference/mbstring/functions/mb-eregi.xml b/reference/mbstring/functions/mb-eregi.xml
index 7218e1edb5..c895c3d7bb 100644
--- a/reference/mbstring/functions/mb-eregi.xml
+++ b/reference/mbstring/functions/mb-eregi.xml
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@
        array.
       </para>
       <para>
-       <varname>$regs[1]</varname> will contain the substring which starts at
-       the first left parenthesis; <varname>$regs[2]</varname> will contain
+       <varname>$matches[1]</varname> will contain the substring which starts at
+       the first left parenthesis; <varname>$matches[2]</varname> will contain
        the substring starting at the second, and so on.
-       <varname>$regs[0]</varname> will contain a copy of the complete string
+       <varname>$matches[0]</varname> will contain a copy of the complete string
        matched.
       </para>
      </listitem>