diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e649143c..3c67d7bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,14 +64,18 @@ $ echo '"babashka"' | bb '(re-find (re-pattern "b.b.*") *in*)'
 "babashka"
 ```
 
-Functions are written using the reader tag `#bb/fn`. Currently up to three
+Functions are written using the reader tag `#f`. Currently up to three
 arguments are supported.
 
 ``` shellsession
-$ echo '3' | bb '(#bb/fn (+ %1 %2 %3) 1 2 *in*)'
+$ echo '3' | bb '(#f (+ %1 %2 %3) 1 2 *in*)'
 6
+```
 
-$ ls | bb --raw '*in*' | bb '(filterv #bb/fn (re-find (re-pattern "reflection") %) *in*)'
+Regexes are written using the reader tag `#r`.
+
+``` shellsession
+$ ls | bb --raw '*in*' | bb '(filterv #f (re-find #r "reflection" %) *in*)'
 ["reflection.json"]
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/babashka/interpreter.clj b/src/babashka/interpreter.clj
index aa3a18de..15be74b7 100644
--- a/src/babashka/interpreter.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/interpreter.clj
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@
                   %3 z
                   (interpret elt x))) form)))
 
+(defn read-regex [form]
+  (re-pattern form))
+
 (defn apply-fn [f in args]
   (let [args (map #(interpret % in) args)]
     (apply f args)))
diff --git a/src/data_readers.clj b/src/data_readers.clj
index 65dead1b..587e1b48 100644
--- a/src/data_readers.clj
+++ b/src/data_readers.clj
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-{bb/fn babashka.interpreter/read-fn}
+{f babashka.interpreter/read-fn
+ r babashka.interpreter/read-regex}