diff --git a/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match-all.xml b/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match-all.xml
index aee2a0a59d..f2988675a9 100644
--- a/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match-all.xml
+++ b/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match-all.xml
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ preg_match_all("/\(?  (\d{3})?  \)?  (?(1)  [\-\s] ) \d{3}-\d{4}/x",
 // required because the string is in double quotes.
 $html = "<b>bold text</b><a href=howdy.html>click me</a>";
 
-preg_match_all("/(<([\w]+)[^>]*>)(.*)(<\/\\2>)/", $html, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);
+preg_match_all("/(<([\w]+)[^>]*>)(.*?)(<\/\\2>)/", $html, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);
 
 foreach ($matches as $val) {
     echo "matched: " . $val[0] . "\n";