diff --git a/docs/manual/rewrite/intro.xml b/docs/manual/rewrite/intro.xml
index 9e4879dd84..29abd39c2c 100644
--- a/docs/manual/rewrite/intro.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/rewrite/intro.xml
@@ -195,22 +195,23 @@ value.
 <dl>
 <dt>1. A full filesystem path to a resource</dt>
 <dd>
-<example>
-RewriteRule ^/games.* /usr/local/games/web
-</example>
+<highlight language="config">
+RewriteRule "^/games" "/usr/local/games/web/puzzles.html"
+</highlight>
 <p>This maps a request to an arbitrary location on your filesystem, much
 like the <directive module="mod_alias">Alias</directive> directive.</p>
 </dd>
 
 <dt>2. A web-path to a resource</dt>
 <dd>
-<example>
-RewriteRule ^/foo/?$ /bar
-</example>
+<highlight language="config">
+RewriteRule "^/games$" "/puzzles.html"
+</highlight>
 <p>If <directive module="core">DocumentRoot</directive> is set
 to <code>/usr/local/apache2/htdocs</code>, then this directive would
-map requests for <code>http://example.com/foo</code> to the
-path <code>/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/bar</code>.</p>
+map requests for <code>http://example.com/games</code> to the
+path <code>/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/puzzles.html</code>.</p>
+
 </dd>
 
 <dt>3. An absolute URL</dt>