diff --git a/Doc/howto/regex.rst b/Doc/howto/regex.rst
index c19c48301f5848..15372e74d6fedf 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/regex.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/regex.rst
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ You can omit either *m* or *n*; in that case, a reasonable value is assumed for
 the missing value.  Omitting *m* is interpreted as a lower limit of 0, while
 omitting *n* results in an upper bound of infinity.
 
+The simplest case ``{m}`` matches the preceding item exactly **m** times.
+For example, ``a/{2}b`` will only match ``'a//b'``.
+
 Readers of a reductionist bent may notice that the three other quantifiers can
 all be expressed using this notation.  ``{0,}`` is the same as ``*``, ``{1,}``
 is equivalent to ``+``, and ``{0,1}`` is the same as ``?``.  It's better to use