diff --git a/lib/impure/re.nim b/lib/impure/re.nim
index 24fc83366d..2fbed2479d 100644
--- a/lib/impure/re.nim
+++ b/lib/impure/re.nim
@@ -470,8 +470,8 @@ proc replacef*(s: string, sub: Regex, by: string): string =
     prev = match.last + 1
   add(result, substr(s, prev))
 
-proc parallelReplace*(s: string, subs: openArray[
-                      tuple[pattern: Regex, repl: string]]): string =
+proc multiReplace*(s: string, subs: openArray[
+                   tuple[pattern: Regex, repl: string]]): string =
   ## Returns a modified copy of ``s`` with the substitutions in ``subs``
   ## applied in parallel.
   result = ""
@@ -490,13 +490,20 @@ proc parallelReplace*(s: string, subs: openArray[
   # copy the rest:
   add(result, substr(s, i))
 
+proc parallelReplace*(s: string, subs: openArray[
+                      tuple[pattern: Regex, repl: string]]): string {.deprecated.} =
+  ## Returns a modified copy of ``s`` with the substitutions in ``subs``
+  ## applied in parallel.
+  ## **Deprecated since version 0.18.0**: Use ``multiReplace`` instead.
+  result = multiReplace(s, subs)
+
 proc transformFile*(infile, outfile: string,
                     subs: openArray[tuple[pattern: Regex, repl: string]]) =
   ## reads in the file ``infile``, performs a parallel replacement (calls
   ## ``parallelReplace``) and writes back to ``outfile``. Raises ``IOError`` if an
   ## error occurs. This is supposed to be used for quick scripting.
   var x = readFile(infile).string
-  writeFile(outfile, x.parallelReplace(subs))
+  writeFile(outfile, x.multiReplace(subs))
 
 iterator split*(s: string, sep: Regex): string =
   ## Splits the string ``s`` into substrings.
@@ -579,12 +586,12 @@ const ## common regular expressions
     ## describes an URL
 
 when isMainModule:
-  doAssert match("(a b c)", re"\( .* \)")
+  doAssert match("(a b c)", rex"\( .* \)")
   doAssert match("WHiLe", re("while", {reIgnoreCase}))
 
   doAssert "0158787".match(re"\d+")
   doAssert "ABC 0232".match(re"\w+\s+\d+")
-  doAssert "ABC".match(re"\d+ | \w+")
+  doAssert "ABC".match(rex"\d+ | \w+")
 
   {.push warnings:off.}
   doAssert matchLen("key", re(reIdentifier)) == 3