diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
index 631a21d87e..a086ae03f6 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slapd.conf.5
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ 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.
+explicitly requires the (default) match based on regular expression
+pattern, as detailed in
+.BR regex(7).
 Finally,
 .B anonymous
 matches unbound operations; the