diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index e963a854..e01e61f5 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -4123,7 +4123,7 @@ This feature was introduced in the `v0.2.1rc11` release.
 
 ngx.re.find
 -----------
-**syntax:** *from, to, err = ngx.re.find(subject, regex, options?, ctx?)*
+**syntax:** *from, to, err = ngx.re.find(subject, regex, options?, ctx?, nth?)*
 
 **context:** *set_by_lua*, rewrite_by_lua*, access_by_lua*, content_by_lua*, header_filter_by_lua*, body_filter_by_lua*, log_by_lua*, ngx.timer.**
 
@@ -4160,6 +4160,17 @@ This example produces the output
 
 Because this API function does not create new Lua strings nor new Lua tables, it is much faster than [ngx.re.match](#ngxrematch). It should be used wherever possible.
 
+Since the `0.9.3` release, an optional 5th argument, `nth`, is supported to specify which (submatch) capture's indexes to return. When `nth` is 0 (which is the default), the indexes for the whole matched substring is returned; when `nth` is 1, then the 1st submatch capture's indexes are returned; when `nth` is 2, then the 2nd submatch capture is returned, and so on. When the specified submatch does not have a match, then two `nil` values will be returned. Below is an example for this:
+
+```lua
+
+local str = "hello, 1234"
+local from, to = ngx.re.find(str, "([0-9])([0-9]+)", "jo", nil, 2)
+if from then
+    ngx.say("matched 2nd submatch: ", string.sub(str, from, to))  -- yields "234"
+end
+```
+
 This API function was first introduced in the `v0.9.2` release.
 
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diff --git a/doc/HttpLuaModule.wiki b/doc/HttpLuaModule.wiki
index da37091f..cfac726d 100644
--- a/doc/HttpLuaModule.wiki
+++ b/doc/HttpLuaModule.wiki
@@ -3428,7 +3428,7 @@ To confirm that PCRE JIT is enabled, activate the Nginx debug log by adding the
 This feature was introduced in the <code>v0.2.1rc11</code> release.
 
 == ngx.re.find ==
-'''syntax:''' ''from, to, err = ngx.re.find(subject, regex, options?, ctx?)''
+'''syntax:''' ''from, to, err = ngx.re.find(subject, regex, options?, ctx?, nth?)''
 
 '''context:''' ''set_by_lua*, rewrite_by_lua*, access_by_lua*, content_by_lua*, header_filter_by_lua*, body_filter_by_lua*, log_by_lua*, ngx.timer.*''
 
@@ -3464,6 +3464,16 @@ This example produces the output
 
 Because this API function does not create new Lua strings nor new Lua tables, it is much faster than [[#ngx.re.match|ngx.re.match]]. It should be used wherever possible.
 
+Since the <code>0.9.3</code> release, an optional 5th argument, <code>nth</code>, is supported to specify which (submatch) capture's indexes to return. When <code>nth</code> is 0 (which is the default), the indexes for the whole matched substring is returned; when <code>nth</code> is 1, then the 1st submatch capture's indexes are returned; when <code>nth</code> is 2, then the 2nd submatch capture is returned, and so on. When the specified submatch does not have a match, then two <code>nil</code> values will be returned. Below is an example for this:
+
+<geshi lang="lua">
+    local str = "hello, 1234"
+    local from, to = ngx.re.find(str, "([0-9])([0-9]+)", "jo", nil, 2)
+    if from then
+        ngx.say("matched 2nd submatch: ", string.sub(str, from, to))  -- yields "234"
+    end
+</geshi>
+
 This API function was first introduced in the <code>v0.9.2</code> release.
 
 == ngx.re.gmatch ==