diff --git a/docs/documentation/server_admin/topics/authentication/password-policies.adoc b/docs/documentation/server_admin/topics/authentication/password-policies.adoc
index 219101d6ea..8f96a5009d 100644
--- a/docs/documentation/server_admin/topics/authentication/password-policies.adoc
+++ b/docs/documentation/server_admin/topics/authentication/password-policies.adoc
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ The password cannot be the same as the email address of the user.
 
 ===== Regular expression
 
-Password must match one or more defined regular expression patterns.
+Password must match one or more defined Java regular expression patterns.
+See https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/java.base/java/util/regex/Pattern.html[Java's regular expression documentation] for the syntax of those expressions.
 
 ===== Expire password
 
@@ -94,4 +95,4 @@ Password must not be in a blacklist file.
 The current implementation uses a BloomFilter for fast and memory efficient containment checks, such as whether a given password is contained in a blacklist, with the possibility for false positives.
 
 * By default a false positive probability of `0.01%` is used.
-* To change the false positive probability by CLI configuration, use `--spi-password-policy-password-blacklist-false-positive-probability=0.00001`
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+* To change the false positive probability by CLI configuration, use `--spi-password-policy-password-blacklist-false-positive-probability=0.00001`.
diff --git a/js/apps/admin-ui/public/locales/en/authentication-help.json b/js/apps/admin-ui/public/locales/en/authentication-help.json
index 5103756532..0da5ca5a59 100644
--- a/js/apps/admin-ui/public/locales/en/authentication-help.json
+++ b/js/apps/admin-ui/public/locales/en/authentication-help.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "hashIterations": "The number of times a password is hashed before storage or verification. Default: 27,500.",
     "passwordHistory": "Prevents a recently used password from being reused.",
     "passwordBlacklist": "Prevents the use of a password that is in a blacklist file.",
-    "regexPattern": "Requires that the password matches one or more defined regular expression patterns.",
+    "regexPattern": "Requires that the password matches one or more defined Java regular expression patterns.",
     "length": "The minimum number of characters required for the password.",
     "notUsername": "The password cannot match the username.",
     "notEmail": "The password cannot match the email address of the user.",