diff --git a/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match-all.xml b/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match-all.xml
index d7076bab46..780a1173fe 100644
--- a/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match-all.xml
+++ b/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match-all.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.25 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.26 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.preg-match-all" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>preg_match_all</refname>
@@ -265,6 +265,71 @@ matched: <a href=howdy.html>click me</a>
 part 1: <a href=howdy.html>
 part 2: click me
 part 3: </a>
+]]>
+    </screen>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title>Using named subpattern</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+
+$str = <<<FOO
+a: 1
+b: 2
+c: 3
+FOO;
+
+preg_match_all('/(?<name>\w+): (?<digit>\d+)/', $str, $matches);
+
+print_r($matches);
+
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+    &example.outputs;
+    <screen role="html">
+<![CDATA[
+Array
+(
+    [0] => Array
+        (
+            [0] => a: 1
+            [1] => b: 2
+            [2] => c: 3
+        )
+
+    [name] => Array
+        (
+            [0] => a
+            [1] => b
+            [2] => c
+        )
+
+    [1] => Array
+        (
+            [0] => a
+            [1] => b
+            [2] => c
+        )
+
+    [digit] => Array
+        (
+            [0] => 1
+            [1] => 2
+            [2] => 3
+        )
+
+    [2] => Array
+        (
+            [0] => 1
+            [1] => 2
+            [2] => 3
+        )
+
+)
 ]]>
     </screen>
    </example>
diff --git a/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match.xml b/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match.xml
index 247d06dafe..b60162e846 100644
--- a/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match.xml
+++ b/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.26 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.27 $ -->
 <refentry xml:id="function.preg-match" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>preg_match</refname>
@@ -262,6 +262,37 @@ echo "domain name is: {$matches[0]}\n";
     <screen>
 <![CDATA[
 domain name is: php.net
+]]>
+    </screen>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title>Using named subpattern</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+
+$str = 'foobar: 2008';
+
+preg_match('/(?<name>\w+): (?<digit>\d+)/', $str, $matches);
+
+print_r($matches);
+
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+    &example.outputs;
+    <screen>
+<![CDATA[
+Array
+(
+    [0] => foobar: 2008
+    [name] => foobar
+    [1] => foobar
+    [digit] => 2008
+    [2] => 2008
+)
 ]]>
     </screen>
    </example>