diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/archivePage/archivePage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/archivePage/archivePage.jsx
index dac0e9a33..f4e79da35 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/archivePage/archivePage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/archivePage/archivePage.jsx
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ const ArchivePage = createClass({
                             placeholder="v3 Reference Document"
                         />
                     </label>
-                    <small>Tip! you can use <a href="https://regexlearn.com/learn">RegEx</a> if you format your query as <code>/title/</code></small>
+                    <small>Tip! you can use <code>-</code> to negate words, and <code>"word"</code> to specify an exact string.</small>
                     <label>
                         Results per page
                         <input
diff --git a/server/archive.api.js b/server/archive.api.js
index e9e118152..7cd342c99 100644
--- a/server/archive.api.js
+++ b/server/archive.api.js
@@ -2,21 +2,6 @@ const HomebrewModel = require('./homebrew.model.js').model;
 const router = require('express').Router();
 const asyncHandler = require('express-async-handler');
 
-const buildTitleConditionsArray = (title) => {
-    if (title.startsWith('/') && title.endsWith('/')) {
-        return [
-            {
-                title: {
-                    $regex: title.slice(1, -1),
-                    $options: 'i',
-                },
-            },
-        ];
-    } else {
-        return buildTitleConditions(title);
-    }
-};
-
 const buildTitleConditions = (inputString) => {
     return [
         {
@@ -80,7 +65,7 @@ const archive = {
             const skip = (page - 1) * pageSize;
 
             const brewsQuery = buildBrewsQuery(req.query.legacy, req.query.v3);
-            const titleConditionsArray = buildTitleConditionsArray(title);
+            const titleConditionsArray = buildTitleConditions(title);
 
             const titleQuery = {
                 $and: [brewsQuery, ...titleConditionsArray],
@@ -110,7 +95,7 @@ const archive = {
             const title = req.query.title || '';
 
             const brewsQuery = buildBrewsQuery(req.query.legacy, req.query.v3);
-            const titleConditionsArray = buildTitleConditionsArray(title);
+            const titleConditionsArray = buildTitleConditions(title);
 
             const titleQuery = {
                 $and: [brewsQuery, ...titleConditionsArray],