diff --git a/doc/scsh-manual/sre.tex b/doc/scsh-manual/sre.tex
index 921258b..15b0c74 100644
--- a/doc/scsh-manual/sre.tex
+++ b/doc/scsh-manual/sre.tex
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ other constructors may or may not produce a true value.
 \defunx{re-any?}{re}{\boolean}
 \begin{desc}
 The variable \ex{re-any} is bound to a regular expression
-that matches the any character (corresponding to the SRE \ex{any}); 
+that matches any character (corresponding to the SRE \ex{any}); 
 it is recognised by the associated predicate. 
 Note that the predicate is only guaranteed to recognise
 this particular any-character regexp value; other any-character
@@ -1381,8 +1381,8 @@ regexps built using other constructors may or may not produce a true value.
 \defvar {re-nonl}{regexp}
 \defvarx{re-word}{regexp}
 \begin{desc}
-The variable \ex{re-any} is bound to a regular expression
-that matches the any non-newline character
+The variable \ex{re-nonl} is bound to a regular expression
+that matches any non-newline character
 (corresponding to the SRE \verb|(~ #\newline)|).
 
 Similarly, \ex{re-word} is bound to a regular expression