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diff --git a/lib/libc/regex/regex.3 b/lib/libc/regex/regex.3
index 24fc5ddcf1b..7e57356b00b 100644
--- a/lib/libc/regex/regex.3
+++ b/lib/libc/regex/regex.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: regex.3,v 1.22 2013/06/05 03:39:23 tedu Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: regex.3,v 1.23 2013/07/17 05:42:11 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997, Phillip F Knaack. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)regex.3 8.4 (Berkeley) 3/20/94
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2013 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 17 2013 $
.Dt REGEX 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -598,8 +598,17 @@ sections 2.8 (Regular Expression Notation)
and
B.5 (C Binding for Regular Expression Matching).
.Sh HISTORY
-Originally written by Henry Spencer.
-Altered for inclusion in the
+Predecessors to
+.Fn regcomp
+and
+.Fn regexec ,
+.Fn regcmp
+and
+.Fn regex ,
+first appeared in the Programmer's Workbench (PWB/UNIX).
+.Pp
+The present functions were originally written by Henry Spencer
+and altered for inclusion in the
.Bx 4.4
distribution.
.Sh BUGS