diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 841943fae7..d51cc017b6 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ Replaces each match of Regex in the string with `sub`.
 If `sub` is a `proc (RegexMatch): string`, then it is executed with each match
 and the return value is the replacement value.
 
+If `sub` is a `proc (string): string`, then it is executed with the full text
+of the match and and the return value is the replacement value.
+
 If `sub` is a string, the syntax is as follows:
 
 - `$$` - literal `$`
diff --git a/src/nre.nim b/src/nre.nim
index e56194fd6f..c0c286b0d0 100644
--- a/src/nre.nim
+++ b/src/nre.nim
@@ -445,6 +445,10 @@ proc replace*(str: string, pattern: Regex,
               subproc: proc (match: RegexMatch): string): string =
   replaceImpl(str, pattern, subproc(match))
 
+proc replace*(str: string, pattern: Regex,
+              subproc: proc (match: string): string): string =
+  replaceImpl(str, pattern, subproc(match.match))
+
 proc replace*(str: string, pattern: Regex, sub: string): string =
   # - 1 because the string numbers are 0-indexed
   replaceImpl(str, pattern,