diff --git a/functions/regex.xml b/functions/regex.xml
index 4f8fb7284d..0ee18c0a9e 100644
--- a/functions/regex.xml
+++ b/functions/regex.xml
@@ -93,14 +93,14 @@ $string = ereg_replace ("\n", "", $string);
      </funcprototype>
     </funcsynopsis>
     <simpara>
-     Searchs <parameter>string</parameter> for matches to the regular
+     Searches a <parameter>string</parameter> for matches to the regular
      expression given in <parameter>pattern</parameter>.
     </simpara>
     <simpara>
      If matches are found for parenthesized substrings of
      <parameter>pattern</parameter> and the function is called with
      the third argument <parameter>regs</parameter>, the matches will
-     be stored in the elements of
+     be stored in the elements of the array
      <parameter>regs</parameter>. $regs[1] will contain the substring
      which starts at the first left parenthesis; $regs[2] will contain
      the substring starting at the second, and so on. $regs[0] will