diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/licenses/update-header/lib/index.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/licenses/update-header/lib/index.js
index da7428d18142..ac3bb6be7e3c 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/licenses/update-header/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/licenses/update-header/lib/index.js
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@
 * @module @stdlib/_tools/licenses/update-header
 *
 * @example
+* var headerRegExp = require( '@stdlib/_tools/licenses/header-regexp' );
 * var updateHeader = require( '@stdlib/_tools/licenses/update-header' );
 *
-* var re = /\/\/ @license Apache-2\.0\n\n/;
+* var re = headerRegExp( 'Apache-2.0', 'js' );
 *
-* var h = '/* @license Apache-2.0 *\/';
+* var h = '/* @license Apache-2.0 *' + '/';
 *
 * var src = [
 *     '// @license Apache-2.0',
diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/licenses/update-header/lib/main.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/licenses/update-header/lib/main.js
index 511b977f4137..5c3ab2944e25 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/licenses/update-header/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/licenses/update-header/lib/main.js
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ var format = require( '@stdlib/string/format' );
 * @returns {(string|Buffer)} transformed source code
 *
 * @example
-* var re = /\/\/ @license Apache-2\.0\n\n/;
+* var headerRegExp = require( '@stdlib/_tools/licenses/header-regexp' );
 *
-* var h = '/* @license Apache-2.0 *\/';
+* var re = headerRegExp( 'Apache-2.0', 'js' );
+*
+* var h = '/* @license Apache-2.0 *' + '/';
 *
 * var src = [
 *     '// @license Apache-2.0',