diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index f9ef1de..f93b91d 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Joris Vankerschaver
 @Corin-EU on GitHub
 Kristoffer Haugsbakk
 Hongyi Zhao
+Daniel Shahaf
 
 Email addresses of new contributors are no longer being added by default
 for privacy reasons; however please contact the maintainer if you are
diff --git a/doc/stow.texi b/doc/stow.texi
index ba676c6..f93f035 100644
--- a/doc/stow.texi
+++ b/doc/stow.texi
@@ -288,10 +288,10 @@ execute @command{stow} from the directory @file{/usr/local/stow}.
 
 @item --ignore=@var{regexp}
 This (repeatable) option lets you suppress acting on files that match the
-given perl regular expression.  For example, using the options
+given Perl regular expression.  For example, using the options
 
 @example
---ignore='*.orig' --ignore='*.dist'
+--ignore='.*\.orig' --ignore='.*\.dist'
 @end example
 
 @noindent