diff --git a/vlib/regex/README.md b/vlib/regex/README.md
index 8922166dcc..0faa833bb3 100644
--- a/vlib/regex/README.md
+++ b/vlib/regex/README.md
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ For example `\w` is the meta-char `w`.
 
 A meta-char can match different types of characters.
 
-* `\w` matches an alphanumeric char `[a-zA-Z0-9_]`
-* `\W` matches a non alphanumeric char
+* `\w` matches a word char char `[a-zA-Z0-9_]`
+* `\W` matches a non word char
 * `\d` matches a digit `[0-9]`
 * `\D` matches a non digit
 * `\s` matches a space char, one of `[' ','\t','\n','\r','\v','\f']`
diff --git a/vlib/regex/regex.v b/vlib/regex/regex.v
index 12e86dab96..9e630e1d5d 100644
--- a/vlib/regex/regex.v
+++ b/vlib/regex/regex.v
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ fn is_alnum(in_char byte) bool {
 	if tmp <= 9 {
 		return true
 	}
-	if tmp == `_` {
+	if in_char == `_` {
 		return true
 	}
 	return false
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ fn is_not_digit(in_char byte) bool {
 	return !is_digit(in_char)
 }
 
+/*
 [inline]
 fn is_wordchar(in_char byte) bool {
 	return is_alnum(in_char) || in_char == `_`
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ fn is_wordchar(in_char byte) bool {
 fn is_not_wordchar(in_char byte) bool {
 	return !is_alnum(in_char)
 }
+*/
 
 [inline]
 fn is_lower(in_char byte) bool {
diff --git a/vlib/regex/regex_test.v b/vlib/regex/regex_test.v
index 242dc84fbe..aa6bf79f74 100644
--- a/vlib/regex/regex_test.v
+++ b/vlib/regex/regex_test.v
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ match_test_suite = [
 	TestItem{"d.def",r"abc.\.[\w\-]{,100}",-1,0},
 	TestItem{"abc12345.asd",r"abc.\.[\w\-]{,100}",-1,0},
 	TestItem{"abca.exe",r"abc.\.[\w\-]{,100}",0,8},
-	TestItem{"abc2.exe-test_12",r"abc.\.[\w\-]{,100}",0,13},
+	TestItem{"abc2.exe-test_12",r"abc.\.[\w\-]{,100}",0,16},
 	TestItem{"abcdefGHK",r"[a-f]+\A+",0,9},
 	TestItem{"ab-cd-efGHK",r"[a-f\-g]+\A+",0,11},
 
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ match_test_suite = [
 	// test bcksls chars
 	TestItem{"[ an s. s! ]( wi4ki:something )", r"\[.*\]\( *(\w*:*\w+) *\)",0,31},
 	TestItem{"[ an s. s! ](wiki:something)", r"\[.*\]\( *(\w*:*\w+) *\)",0,28},
+	TestItem{"p_p", r"\w+",0,3},
+	TestItem{"p_é", r"\w+",0,2},
 	
 	// Crazywulf tests (?:^|[()])(\d+)(*)(\d+)(?:$|[()])
     TestItem{"1*1", r"(\d+)([*])(\d+)",0,3},