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 == Regex syntax
 
-Kakoune regex syntax is based on ECMAScript syntax, as defined by the
+Kakoune's regex syntax is inspired by ECMAScript, as defined by the
 ECMA-262 standard (see <<regex#compatibility,:doc regex compatibility>>).
 
 Kakoune's regex always runs on Unicode codepoint sequences, not on bytes.