diff --git a/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpmatch.rs b/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpmatch.rs
index 443e50533268..4a86adbe683a 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpmatch.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpmatch.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ fn get_regexp_match_doc() -> &'static Documentation {
     DOCUMENTATION.get_or_init(|| {
         Documentation::builder()
             .with_doc_section(DOC_SECTION_REGEX)
-            .with_description("Returns a list of [regular expression](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/#syntax) matches in a string.")
+            .with_description("Returns the first [regular expression](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/#syntax) matche in a string.")
             .with_syntax_example("regexp_match(str, regexp[, flags])")
             .with_sql_example(r#"```sql
             > select regexp_match('Köln', '[a-zA-Z]ö[a-zA-Z]{2}');
diff --git a/docs/source/user-guide/sql/scalar_functions_new.md b/docs/source/user-guide/sql/scalar_functions_new.md
index ca70c83e58f9..1915623012f4 100644
--- a/docs/source/user-guide/sql/scalar_functions_new.md
+++ b/docs/source/user-guide/sql/scalar_functions_new.md
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ Additional examples can be found [here](https://github.com/apache/datafusion/blo
 
 ### `regexp_match`
 
-Returns a list of [regular expression](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/#syntax) matches in a string.
+Returns the first [regular expression](https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/#syntax) matche in a string.
 
 ```
 regexp_match(str, regexp[, flags])