diff --git a/reference/regex/functions/ereg-replace.xml b/reference/regex/functions/ereg-replace.xml
index 28d877630e..649d36dbf7 100644
--- a/reference/regex/functions/ereg-replace.xml
+++ b/reference/regex/functions/ereg-replace.xml
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
If pattern contains parenthesized substrings,
replacement may contain substrings of the form
- \\digit, which will be
+ \digit, which will be
replaced by the text matching the digit'th parenthesized substring;
- \\0 will produce the entire contents of string.
+ \0 will produce the entire contents of string.
Up to nine substrings may be used. Parentheses may be nested, in which
case they are counted by the opening parenthesis.
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ echo $string; /* Output: 'This string has 4 words.' */
[:space:]]+[[:alnum:]/]",
- "\\0", $text);
+ '\\0', $text);
?>
]]>
diff --git a/reference/regex/functions/eregi-replace.xml b/reference/regex/functions/eregi-replace.xml
index 76d1f0b640..f5b8b2f368 100644
--- a/reference/regex/functions/eregi-replace.xml
+++ b/reference/regex/functions/eregi-replace.xml
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
If pattern contains parenthesized substrings,
replacement may contain substrings of the form
- \\digit, which will be
+ \digit, which will be
replaced by the text matching the digit'th parenthesized substring;
- \\0 will produce the entire contents of string.
+ \0 will produce the entire contents of string.
Up to nine substrings may be used. Parentheses may be nested, in which
case they are counted by the opening parenthesis.