diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c90ccd72..a152cba0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Add to that an awesome [Wiki](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki)!
   - By file name, modification/access time, size, extension
 - Search
   - Instant filtering with *search-as-you-type*
-  - Regex and substring match
+  - Regex (default) and substring match
   - Subtree search to open or edit files (using plugin)
 - Mimes
   - Open with desktop opener or specify a custom app
diff --git a/nnn.1 b/nnn.1
index efe68641..cb0f2998 100644
--- a/nnn.1
+++ b/nnn.1
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Common use cases:
 (1) To list all matches starting with the filter expression, start the expression
 with a '^' (caret) symbol.
 .br
-(2) Type '^.*\\.mkv' to list all MKV files.
+(2) Type '\\.mkv' to list all MKV files.
 .br
 (3) Use '.*' to match any character (\fIsort of\fR fuzzy search).
 .Pp
diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 62d67e41..89a40370 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -1801,12 +1801,7 @@ static char xchartohex(char c)
 
 static int setfilter(regex_t *regex, const char *filter)
 {
-	int r = regcomp(regex, filter, REG_NOSUB | REG_EXTENDED | REG_ICASE);
-
-	if (r != 0 && filter && filter[0] != '\0')
-		mvprintw(xlines - 1, 0, "regex error: %d\n", r);
-
-	return r;
+	return regcomp(regex, filter, REG_NOSUB | REG_EXTENDED | REG_ICASE);
 }
 
 static int visible_re(const fltrexp_t *fltrexp, const char *fname)
@@ -2131,8 +2126,10 @@ static int filterentries(char *path)
 				 */
 				/* ndents = total; */
 
-				if (matches(pln) == -1)
+				if (matches(pln) == -1) {
+					printprompt(ln);
 					continue;
+				}
 
 				/* If the only match is a dir, auto-select and cd into it */
 				if (ndents == 1 && cfg.filtermode