diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index d6958e51dd..c089de2cd1 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES SINCE 3.0.x:
 Changes in behaviour not resulting in compilation errors
 --------------------------------------------------------
 
-- wxRegEx now uses PCRE library, changing the meaning of some exotic regular
-  expressions using wxRE_ADVANCED syntax, please see its documentation for more
-  details.
+- wxRegEx now uses PCRE library, changing the meaning of some regular
+  expressions, please see the "Changes" section in wxRegEx documentation for
+  more details.
 
 - wxRibbonButtonBar::DeleteButton() now deletes and not just removes the button.
 
diff --git a/interface/wx/regex.h b/interface/wx/regex.h
index 2578fd9723..b16dcec97e 100644
--- a/interface/wx/regex.h
+++ b/interface/wx/regex.h
@@ -184,7 +184,14 @@ enum
 
     - Backslash can be used to escape the character following it even inside
       square brackets now, while it loses its special meaning in POSIX regexes
-      when it occurs inside square brackets.
+      when it occurs inside square brackets. In particular, @c "\\]" escapes
+      the special meaning of the closing bracket, and so does @e not close the
+      character class. Please use @c "\\\\]" instead.
+
+    - Closing parenthesis without a matching open parenthesis is now a syntax
+      error instead of just being treated as a literal. To fix possible errors
+      due to it, escape parenthesis that are supposed to be taken literally
+      with a backslash, i.e. use @c "\\)" in C strings.
 
     - For completeness, PCRE syntax which previously resulted in errors, e.g.
       @c "(?:...)" and similar constructs, are now accepted and behave as