diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index 412bee7..36c4917 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -1055,10 +1055,10 @@ Test cases
    | :meth:`assertLessEqual(a, b)          | ``a <= b``                     | 3.1          |
    | <TestCase.assertLessEqual>`           |                                |              |
    +---------------------------------------+--------------------------------+--------------+
-   | :meth:`assertRegex(s, re)             | ``regex.search(s)``            | 3.1          |
+   | :meth:`assertRegex(s, r)              | ``r.search(s)``                | 3.1          |
    | <TestCase.assertRegex>`               |                                |              |
    +---------------------------------------+--------------------------------+--------------+
-   | :meth:`assertNotRegex(s, re)          | ``not regex.search(s)``        | 3.2          |
+   | :meth:`assertNotRegex(s, r)           | ``not r.search(s)``            | 3.2          |
    | <TestCase.assertNotRegex>`            |                                |              |
    +---------------------------------------+--------------------------------+--------------+
    | :meth:`assertCountEqual(a, b)         | *a* and *b* have the same      | 3.2          |