From: Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:07:12 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Issue #10875: Update Regular Expression HOWTO; additional backport with 2.7 modification.
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Issue #10875: Update Regular Expression HOWTO; additional backport with 2.7 modification.
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diff --git a/Doc/howto/regex.rst b/Doc/howto/regex.rst
index 49cd65e778..1005c23f41 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/regex.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/regex.rst
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@ meaning: ``\[`` or ``\\``.
 Some of the special sequences beginning with ``'\'`` represent predefined sets
 of characters that are often useful, such as the set of digits, the set of
 letters, or the set of anything that isn't whitespace.  The following predefined
-special sequences are available:
+special sequences are a subset of those available. The equivalent classes are
+for byte string patterns. For a complete list of sequences and expanded class
+definitions for Unicode string patterns, see the last part of
+:ref:`Regular Expression Syntax <re-syntax>`.
 
 ``\d``
    Matches any decimal digit; this is equivalent to the class ``[0-9]``.