diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
index 0cebc4f692..23b8ff80df 100644
--- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	Include additional statistics at the end of blame output.
 
 -L <start>,<end>::
--L :<regex>::
+-L :<funcname>::
 	Annotate only the given line range. May be specified multiple times.
 	Overlapping ranges are allowed.
 +
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 1f7bc67d6c..6e65c5aa32 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ produced by `--stat`, etc.
 	output by allowing them to allocate space in advance.
 
 -L <start>,<end>:<file>::
--L :<regex>:<file>::
+-L :<funcname>:<file>::
 	Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
-	(or the funcname regex <regex>) within the <file>.  You may
+	(or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>.  You may
 	not give any pathspec limiters.  This is currently limited to
 	a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
 	give zero or one positive revision arguments.
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index 7ae50aa26a..6ade002176 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ linkgit:git-rev-list[1] for a complete list.
 	detailed explanation.)
 
 -L<start>,<end>:<file>::
--L:<regex>:<file>::
+-L:<funcname>:<file>::
 
 	Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
-	(or the funcname regex <regex>) within the <file>.  You may
+	(or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>.  You may
 	not give any pathspec limiters.  This is currently limited to
 	a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
 	give zero or one positive revision arguments.
diff --git a/Documentation/line-range-format.txt b/Documentation/line-range-format.txt
index d7f26039ca..829676ff98 100644
--- a/Documentation/line-range-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/line-range-format.txt
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number
 of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
 
 +
-If ``:<regex>'' is given in place of <start> and <end>, it denotes the range
-from the first funcname line that matches <regex>, up to the next
-funcname line. ``:<regex>'' searches from the end of the previous `-L` range,
-if any, otherwise from the start of file.
-``^:<regex>'' searches from the start of file.
+If ``:<funcname>'' is given in place of <start> and <end>, it is a
+regular expression that denotes the range from the first funcname line
+that matches <funcname>, up to the next funcname line. ``:<funcname>''
+searches from the end of the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise
+from the start of file. ``^:<funcname>'' searches from the start of
+file.