diff --git a/specs/jsonschema-core.md b/specs/jsonschema-core.md
index f50726d3..746a8813 100644
--- a/specs/jsonschema-core.md
+++ b/specs/jsonschema-core.md
@@ -1686,9 +1686,8 @@ The presence of this keyword affects the behaviors of
 ##### `patternProperties`
 
 The value of `patternProperties` MUST be an object. Each property name of this
-object SHOULD be a valid regular expression, according to the ECMA-262 regular
-expression dialect. Each property value of this object MUST be a valid JSON
-Schema.
+object SHOULD be a valid regular expression as indicated in {{regex}}. Each
+property value of this object MUST be a valid JSON Schema.
 
 Validation succeeds if, for each instance name that matches any regular
 expressions that appear as a property name in this keyword's value, the child
diff --git a/specs/jsonschema-validation.md b/specs/jsonschema-validation.md
index 0151a2ad..44196e22 100644
--- a/specs/jsonschema-validation.md
+++ b/specs/jsonschema-validation.md
@@ -210,7 +210,9 @@ Omitting this keyword has the same behavior as a value of 0.
 #### `pattern` {#pattern}
 
 The value of this keyword MUST be a string. This string SHOULD be a valid
-regular expression, according to the ECMA-262 regular expression dialect.
+regular expression as indicated in
+[JSON Schema Core, section 6.3](./jsonschema-core.md#regex).
+<!-- This link assume a publish path, which we don't know yet. -->
 
 A string instance is considered valid if the regular expression matches the
 instance successfully. Recall: regular expressions are not implicitly anchored.