diff --git a/bin/stow.in b/bin/stow.in
index c4654d0..5e4da93 100755
--- a/bin/stow.in
+++ b/bin/stow.in
@@ -582,19 +582,19 @@ sub parse_options {
         'ignore=s' =>
         sub {
             my $regex = $_[1];
-            push @{$options{ignore}}, qr($regex\z);
+            push @{$options{ignore}}, qr{($regex)\z};
         },
 
         'override=s' =>
         sub {
             my $regex = $_[1];
-            push @{$options{override}}, qr(\A$regex);
+            push @{$options{override}}, qr{\A($regex)};
         },
 
         'defer=s' =>
         sub {
             my $regex = $_[1];
-            push @{$options{defer}}, qr(\A$regex);
+            push @{$options{defer}}, qr{\A($regex)};
         },
 
         # a little craziness so we can do different actions on the same line:
diff --git a/t/cli_options.t b/t/cli_options.t
index 8b73bf5..7c8a253 100755
--- a/t/cli_options.t
+++ b/t/cli_options.t
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ local @ARGV = (
     'dummy'
 );
 ($options, $pkgs_to_delete, $pkgs_to_stow) = process_options();
-is_deeply($options->{defer}, [ qr(\Aman), qr(\Ainfo) ] => 'defer man and info');
+is_deeply($options->{defer}, [ qr{\A(man)}, qr{\A(info)} ] => 'defer man and info');
 
 #
 # Check setting override paths
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ local @ARGV = (
     'dummy'
 );
 ($options, $pkgs_to_delete, $pkgs_to_stow) = process_options();
-is_deeply($options->{override}, [qr(\Aman), qr(\Ainfo)] => 'override man and info');
+is_deeply($options->{override}, [qr{\A(man)}, qr{\A(info)}] => 'override man and info');
 
 #
 # Check setting ignored paths
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ local @ARGV = (
     'dummy'
 );
 ($options, $pkgs_to_delete, $pkgs_to_stow) = process_options();
-is_deeply($options->{ignore}, [ qr(~\z), qr(\.#.*\z) ] => 'ignore temp files');
+is_deeply($options->{ignore}, [ qr{(~)\z}, qr{(\.#.*)\z} ] => 'ignore temp files');
 
 #
 # Check that expansion not applied.
diff --git a/t/rc_options.t b/t/rc_options.t
index 5e1a2d7..ef00ead 100755
--- a/t/rc_options.t
+++ b/t/rc_options.t
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ is($options->{target},  "$ABS_TEST_DIR/target"
    => "--target overridden by \$PWD/.stowrc");
 is($options->{dir}, "$ABS_TEST_DIR/stow"
    => "-d overridden \$PWD/.stowrc");
-is_deeply($options->{defer}, [qr(\Ainfo), qr(\Aman)],
+is_deeply($options->{defer}, [qr{\A(info)}, qr{\A(man)}],
           'defer man and info');
 unlink($CWD_RC_FILE) or die "Failed to unlink $CWD_RC_FILE";
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ make_file($HOME_RC_FILE, <<HERE);
     --defer=info
 HERE
 ($options, $pkgs_to_delete, $pkgs_to_stow) = process_options();
-is_deeply($options->{defer}, [qr(\Ainfo), qr(\Aman)],
+is_deeply($options->{defer}, [qr{\A(info)}, qr{\A(man)}],
           'defer man and info');
 
 # ======== Filepath Expansion Tests ========
@@ -229,24 +229,30 @@ is(expand_tilde('\~/path'), '~/path', 'escaped tilde');
 
 #
 # Test that environment variable expansion is applied unless quoted.
+# Include examples from the manual
 #
 make_file($HOME_RC_FILE, <<'HERE');
 --dir=$HOME/stow
 --target="$HOME/dir with space in/file with space in"
 --ignore=\\$FOO\\$
+--defer="foo\\b.*bar"
 --defer="\\.jpg\$"
---override=\\.jpg\$
+--override=\\.png\$
+--override=bin|man
+--ignore='perllocal\.pod'
+--ignore='\.packlist'
+--ignore='\.bs'
 HERE
 ($options, $pkgs_to_delete, $pkgs_to_stow) = get_config_file_options();
 is($options->{dir}, "$ABS_TEST_DIR/stow",
     "apply environment expansion on --dir");
 is($options->{target}, "$ABS_TEST_DIR/dir with space in/file with space in",
     "apply environment expansion on --target");
-is_deeply($options->{ignore}, [qr(\$FOO\$\z)],
+is_deeply($options->{ignore}, [qr{(\$FOO\$)\z}, qr{(perllocal\.pod)\z}, qr{(\.packlist)\z}, qr{(\.bs)\z}],
     'environment expansion not applied on --ignore but backslash removed');
-is_deeply($options->{defer}, [qr(\A\.jpg$)],
+is_deeply($options->{defer}, [qr{\A(foo\b.*bar)}, qr{\A(\.jpg$)}],
     'environment expansion not applied on --defer but backslash removed');
-is_deeply($options->{override}, [qr(\A\.jpg$)],
+is_deeply($options->{override}, [qr{\A(\.png$)}, qr{\A(bin|man)}],
     'environment expansion not applied on --override but backslash removed');
 
 #
@@ -264,11 +270,11 @@ is($options->{dir}, "$ABS_TEST_DIR/stow",
     "apply tilde expansion on \$HOME/.stowrc --dir");
 is($options->{target}, "$ABS_TEST_DIR/stow",
     "apply tilde expansion on \$HOME/.stowrc --target");
-is_deeply($options->{ignore}, [qr(~/stow\z)],
+is_deeply($options->{ignore}, [qr{(~/stow)\z}],
     "tilde expansion not applied on --ignore");
-is_deeply($options->{defer}, [qr(\A~/stow)],
+is_deeply($options->{defer}, [qr{\A(~/stow)}],
     "tilde expansion not applied on --defer");
-is_deeply($options->{override}, [qr(\A~/stow)],
+is_deeply($options->{override}, [qr{\A(~/stow)}],
     "tilde expansion not applied on --override");
 
 #