diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5
index 55bfb773dfb1265fd3a007a1890f3a02c81ceebd..f9ef4fc3c8bc3798b7f1f58a4bffdd946c5771c9 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd-meta.5
@@ -338,8 +338,8 @@ server will possibly enforce additional restrictions to "foo".
 .SH REWRITING
 A string is rewritten according to a set of rules, called a `rewrite
 context'.
-The rules are based on Regular Expressions (POSIX regex) with
-substring matching; basic variable substitution and map resolution 
+The rules are based on POSIX (''extended'') regular expressions (regex)
+with substring matching; basic variable substitution and map resolution 
 of substrings is allowed by specific mechanisms detailed in the following.
 The behavior of pattern matching/substitution can be altered by a set
 of flags.
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ alter the action that is taken after substitution.
 honors case in matching (default is case insensitive)
 .TP
 .B `R'
-use POSIX Basic Regular Expressions (default is Extended)
+use POSIX ''basic'' regular expressions (default is ''extended'')
 .TP
 .B `M{n}'
 allow no more than
@@ -422,15 +422,16 @@ errors, but jump two lines ahead only in case of match.
 More flags (mainly Action Flags) will be added as needed.
 .SH "Pattern matching:"
 See
-.BR regex (7).
+.BR regex (7)
+and/or
+.BR re_format (7).
 .SH "Substitution Pattern Syntax:"
 Everything starting with `%' requires substitution;
 .LP
 the only obvious exception is `%%', which is left as is;
 .LP
 the basic substitution is `%d', where `d' is a digit;
-0 means the whole string, while 1-9 is a submatch, as discussed in 
-.BR regex (7);
+0 means the whole string, while 1-9 is a submatch;
 .LP
 a `%' followed by a `{' invokes an advanced substitution.
 The pattern is:
@@ -496,10 +497,8 @@ directive.
 Substitution escaping has been delegated to the `%' symbol, 
 which is used instead of `\e' in string substitution patterns
 because `\e' is already escaped by slapd's low level parsing routines;
-as a consequence, 
-.BR regex (7)
-escaping requires two `\e' symbols, e.g. `\fB.*\e.foo\e.bar\fP' must
-be written as `\fB.*\e\e.foo\e\e.bar\fP'.
+as a consequence, regex escaping requires two `\e' symbols,
+e.g. `\fB.*\e.foo\e.bar\fP' must be written as `\fB.*\e\e.foo\e\e.bar\fP'.
 .\"
 .\" The symbol can be altered at will by redefining the related macro in
 .\" "rewrite-int.h".
@@ -753,6 +752,7 @@ default slapd configuration file
 .BR slapd\-ldap (5),
 .BR slapo\-pcache (5),
 .BR slapd (8),
-.BR regex (7).
+.BR regex (7),
+.BR re_format (7).
 .SH AUTHOR
 Pierangelo Masarati, based on back-ldap by Howard Chu
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5
index 00ed406810ff0c2193b75ff18f88877b21b96ab9..65818ca7263d5c4252191d1ed1ac2eebeac56233 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.access.5
@@ -142,11 +142,13 @@ qualifier is
 .BR regex ,
 then 
 .B <dnpattern>
-is a regular expression pattern,
+is a POSIX (''extended'') regular expression pattern,
 as detailed in
-.BR regex (7),
+.BR regex (7)
+and/or
+.BR re_format (7),
 matching a normalized string representation of the entry's DN.
-The regex form of the pattern does not (yet) support UTF-8.
+The regex form of the pattern does not (yet) support UTF\-8.
 .LP
 The statement
 .B filter=<ldapfilter>
@@ -194,8 +196,8 @@ value. If the value
 .B <style>
 is
 .BR regex ,
-the provided value is used as a regular expression pattern.
-If the attribute has DN syntax, the value
+the provided value is used as a POSIX (''extended'') regular
+expression pattern.  If the attribute has DN syntax, the value
 .B <style>
 can be any of
 .BR base ,
@@ -415,14 +417,18 @@ which means that
 .B <group>
 will be expanded as a replacement string (but not as a regular expression)
 according to
-.BR regex (7),
+.BR regex (7)
+and/or
+.BR re_format (7),
 and
 .BR exact ,
 which means that exact match will be used.
 If the style of the DN portion of the
 .B <what>
 clause is regex, the submatches are made available according to
-.BR regex (7);
+.BR regex (7)
+and/or
+.BR re_format (7);
 other styles provide limited submatches as discussed above about 
 the DN form of the 
 .B <by>
@@ -468,9 +474,7 @@ case apply, plus the
 .B regex
 style, which implies submatch
 .B expand
-and
-.BR regex (7)
-match of the corresponding connection parameters.
+and regex match of the corresponding connection parameters.
 The
 .B exact
 style of the
@@ -907,6 +911,8 @@ default slapd configuration file
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR slapd (8),
 .BR slapacl (8),
+.BR regex (7),
+.BR re_format (7)
 .LP
 "OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide" (http://www.OpenLDAP.org/doc/admin/)
 .SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 43dfa4102f42abb3d25a62b87ad97d265e8716b6..ee430e4d7df4e335086dd4faab66be23b3129e52 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -253,10 +253,13 @@ for exact, onelevel, children and subtree matches, which cause
 .I <pattern>
 to be normalized according to the DN normalization rules, or the special
 .I regex
-style, which causes
+style, which causes the
 .I <pattern>
-to be compiled according to 
-.BR regex (7).
+to be treated as a POSIX (''extended'') regular expression, as
+discussed in
+.BR regex (7)
+and/or
+.BR re_format (7).
 A pattern of
 .I *
 means any non-anonymous DN.
@@ -326,8 +329,8 @@ are taken, when available, and combined into a name of the form
 .RE
 This name is then compared against the
 .B match
-regular expression, and if the match is successful, the name is
-replaced with the
+POSIX (''extended'') regular expression, and if the match is successful,
+the name is replaced with the
 .B replace
 string.  If there are wildcard strings in the 
 .B match
@@ -1090,9 +1093,8 @@ to allow any level of depth match, including the exact match; with
 .BR children ,
 to allow any level of depth match, not including the exact match;
 .BR regex
-explicitly requires the (default) match based on regular expression
-pattern, as detailed in
-.BR regex (7).
+explicitly requires the (default) match based on POSIX (''extended'')
+regular expression pattern.
 Finally,
 .B anonymous
 matches unbound operations; the 
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapo-pcache.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapo-pcache.5
index eb92ad5c1d8ccd233629697b376041c17714be86..df80050c1fd9f10e5528f60089526be4b381d394 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapo-pcache.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapo-pcache.5
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ default slapd configuration file
 .BR slapd\-ldap (5),
 .BR slapd\-meta (5),
 .BR slapd\-sql (5),
-.BR slapd (8),
-.BR regex (7).
+.BR slapd (8).
 .SH AUTHOR
 Originally implemented by Apurva Kumar as an extension to back-meta;
 turned into an overlay by Howard Chu.
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapo-rwm.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapo-rwm.5
index e248acfcb3b6e39ceaafd99f3030ef94a399f113..fb4338130b9636e74434d86f7b1d8f436d848c69 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapo-rwm.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapo-rwm.5
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ See the REWRITING section for details.
 .SH REWRITING
 A string is rewritten according to a set of rules, called a `rewrite
 context'.
-The rules are based on Regular Expressions (POSIX regex) with
+The rules are based on POSIX (''extended'') regular expressions with
 substring matching; basic variable substitution and map resolution 
 of substrings is allowed by specific mechanisms detailed in the following.
 The behavior of pattern matching/substitution can be altered by a set
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ alter the actions that are taken after substitution.
 honors case in matching (default is case insensitive)
 .TP
 .B `R'
-use POSIX Basic Regular Expressions (default is Extended)
+use POSIX ''basic'' regular expressions (default is ''extended'')
 .TP
 .B `M{n}'
 allow no more than
@@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ errors, but jump two lines ahead only in case of match.
 More flags (mainly Action Flags) will be added as needed.
 .SH "Pattern Matching"
 See
-.BR regex (7).
+.BR regex (7)
+and/or
+.BR re_format (7).
 .SH "Substitution Pattern Syntax"
 Everything starting with `$' requires substitution;
 .LP
@@ -197,7 +199,9 @@ the only obvious exception is `$$', which is left as is;
 .LP
 the basic substitution is `$<d>', where `<d>' is a digit;
 0 means the whole string, while 1-9 is a submatch, as discussed in 
-.BR regex (7);
+.BR regex (7)
+and/or
+.BR re_format (7).
 .LP
 a `$' followed by a `{' invokes an advanced substitution.
 The pattern is:
@@ -263,9 +267,8 @@ directive.
 Substitution escaping has been delegated to the `$' symbol, 
 which is used instead of `\e' in string substitution patterns
 because `\e' is already escaped by slapd's low level parsing routines;
-as a consequence, 
-.BR regex (7)
-escaping requires two `\e' symbols, e.g. `\fB.*\e.foo\e.bar\fP' must
+as a consequence, regex escaping requires
+two `\e' symbols, e.g. `\fB.*\e.foo\e.bar\fP' must
 be written as `\fB.*\e\e.foo\e\e.bar\fP'.
 .\"
 .\" The symbol can be altered at will by redefining the related macro in
@@ -506,7 +509,8 @@ default slapd configuration file
 .BR slapd\-meta (5),
 .BR slapd\-relay (5),
 .BR slapd (8),
-.BR regex (7).
+.BR regex (7),
+.BR re_format (7).
 .SH AUTHOR
 Pierangelo Masarati; based on back-ldap rewrite/remap features
 by Howard Chu, Pierangelo Masarati.