diff --git a/vlib/regex/README.md b/vlib/regex/README.md
index 4cc5c7ac4ab36b..27b1e71c91e24d 100644
--- a/vlib/regex/README.md
+++ b/vlib/regex/README.md
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ match too, finally test the token `c`.
 > Two char classes with an `OR` in the middle is a syntax error.
 
 That also means, that a query string like `abc|bde` is not equal to
-`(abc)|(bde)`, but instead to `ab(c|b)de.
+`(abc)|(bde)`, but instead to `ab(c|b)de`.
 The OR operation works only for `c|b`, not at char concatenation level.
 
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