45073: regex-replace docs: Simplify grammar (avoid a double negative, state defaults first).

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo b/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo
index a4dc8a3ae..d51fd518b 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo
@@ -4284,9 +4284,10 @@ See also the tt(pager), tt(prompt) and tt(rprompt) styles below.
 findex(regexp-replace)
 item(tt(regexp-replace) var(var) var(regexp) var(replace))(
 Use regular expressions to perform a global search and replace operation
-on a variable.  If the option tt(RE_MATCH_PCRE) is not set, POSIX
-extended regular expressions are used, else Perl-compatible regular
-expressions (this requires the shell to be linked against the tt(pcre)
+on a variable.  POSIX extended regular expressions are used,
+unless the option tt(RE_MATCH_PCRE) has been set, in which case
+Perl-compatible regular expressions are used
+(this requires the shell to be linked against the tt(pcre)
 library).
 
 var(var) is the name of the variable containing the string to be matched.