diff --git a/nselib/match.lua b/nselib/match.lua
index 478b647f3..682246be6 100644
--- a/nselib/match.lua
+++ b/nselib/match.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
--- Buffered network I/O helper functions.
--- \n\n
--- The functions in this module can be used for delimiting data received
--- by the receive_buf function in the Network I/O API.
+--
+-- The functions in this module can be used for delimiting data received by the
+-- nmap.receive_buf() function in the Network I/O API (which see).
-- @copyright Same as Nmap--See http://nmap.org/book/man-legal.html
module(... or "match", package.seeall)
@@ -10,19 +10,21 @@ require "pcre"
--various functions for use with nse's nsock:receive_buf - function
-- e.g.
--- sock:receivebuf(regex("myregexpattern")) - does a match using pcre- regular-
--- - expressions
--- sock:receivebuf(numbytes(80)) - is the buffered version of
--- sock:receive_bytes(80) - i.e. it returns
--- exactly 80 bytes and no more
+-- sock:receive_buf(regex("myregexpattern")) - does a match using pcre- regular-
+-- - expressions
+-- sock:receive_buf(numbytes(80)) - is the buffered version of
+-- sock:receive_bytes(80) - i.e. it returns
+-- exactly 80 bytes and no more
--- Return a function that allows delimiting with a regular expression.
--- \n\n
--- This function is a wrapper around the exec function of the pcre
--- library. It purpose is to give script developers the ability to use
--- regular expressions for delimiting instead of Lua's string patterns.
--- @param The regex.
--- @usage sock:receivebuf(regex("myregexpattern"))
+--
+-- This function is a wrapper around pcre.exec. Its purpose is to
+-- give script developers the ability to use regular expressions for delimiting
+-- instead of Lua's string patterns.
+-- @param pattern The regex.
+-- @usage sock:receive_buf(match.regex("myregexpattern"))
+-- @see nmap.receive_buf
+-- @see pcre.exec
regex = function(pattern)
local r = pcre.new(pattern, 0,"C")
@@ -33,14 +35,14 @@ regex = function(pattern)
end
--- Return a function that allows delimiting at a certain number of bytes.
--- \n\n
+--
-- This function can be used to get a buffered version of
--- sockobj:receive_bytes(n) in case a script requires more than one
--- fixed-size chunk, as the unbuffered version may return more bytes
--- than requested and thus would require you to do the parsing on your
--- own.
+-- sock:receive_bytes(n) in case a script requires more than one
+-- fixed-size chunk, as the unbuffered version may return more bytes than
+-- requested and thus would require you to do the parsing on your own.
-- @param num Number of bytes.
--- @usage sock:receivebuf(numbytes(80))
+-- @usage sock:receive_buf(match.numbytes(80))
+-- @see nmap.receive_buf
numbytes = function(num)
local n = num
return function(buf)