From ff299bf4caece77936ad151de7b2eae68c8bd7b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phil Rzewski <phil@brimdata.io>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 19:13:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a "curly braces with named references" example in
 regexp_replace docs (#5130)

---
 docs/language/functions/regexp_replace.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/language/functions/regexp_replace.md b/docs/language/functions/regexp_replace.md
index 03e282c69e..7ae37894a3 100644
--- a/docs/language/functions/regexp_replace.md
+++ b/docs/language/functions/regexp_replace.md
@@ -58,3 +58,13 @@ echo '"option: value"' | zq -z 'yield regexp_replace(this,/(?P<key>\w+):\s+(?P<v
 ```mdtest-output
 "option=value"
 ```
+
+Wrap a named reference in curly braces to avoid ambiguity:
+
+```mdtest-command
+echo '"option: value"' | zq -z 'yield regexp_replace(this,/(?P<key>\w+):\s+(?P<value>\w+)$/,"$key=${value}AppendedText")' -
+```
+=>
+```mdtest-output
+"option=valueAppendedText"
+```