diff --git a/doc/vimtex.txt b/doc/vimtex.txt
index aa2352f..5db50b3 100644
--- a/doc/vimtex.txt
+++ b/doc/vimtex.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ CONTENTS                                                      *vimtex-contents*
     Complete standalone file names              |vimtex-complete-standalone|
     Complete glossary entries                   |vimtex-complete-glossary|
     Autocomplete                                |vimtex-complete-auto|
-      Neocomplete and deoplete                  |vimtex-complete-neocomplete|
+      Neocomplete                               |vimtex-complete-neocomplete|
+      deoplete                                  |vimtex-complete-deoplete|
       YouCompleteMe                             |vimtex-complete-youcompleteme|
       VimCompletesMe                            |vimtex-complete-vcm|
   Folding                                       |vimtex-folding|
@@ -1438,13 +1439,10 @@ there is |VimCompletesMe| that overrides <tab> to trigger different built-in
 completions, such as the omni-completion by vimtex, depending on the context.
 See below for descriptions on how to setup these with |vimtex|.
 
-neocomplete and deoplete~
+neocomplete~
                                                   *vimtex-complete-neocomplete*
-                                                     *vimtex-complete-deoplete*
 |neocomplete| is my preferred choice for an automatic completion engine in vim.
 The plugin is available here: https://github.com/Shougo/neocomplete.vim.
-|deoplete| is a similar plugin by Shougo written specifically for Neovim, see
-here: https://github.com/Shougo/deoplete.nvim.
 
 The following options may be used to enable automatic completion for LaTeX
 documents with |neocomplete| and |vimtex|s omni completion function: >
@@ -1463,18 +1461,31 @@ documents with |neocomplete| and |vimtex|s omni completion function: >
         \ . '|includepdf%(\s*\[[^]]*\])?\s*\{[^}]*'
         \ . '|includestandalone%(\s*\[[^]]*\])?\s*\{[^}]*'
         \ . ')'
-<
-The |deoplete| option is similar to that of |neocomplete|, but we must append |\m|,
-thus: >
 
-  if !exists('g:deoplete#omni_patterns')
-      let g:deoplete#omni_patterns = {}
+deoplete~
+                                                     *vimtex-complete-deoplete*
+|deoplete| is similar to |neocomplete|, but is written specifically for Neovim, see
+here: https://github.com/Shougo/deoplete.nvim. To configure for `vimtex`, one
+may use: >
+
+  if !exists('g:deoplete#omni#input_patterns')
+      let g:deoplete#omni#input_patterns = {}
   endif
-  let g:deoplete#omni_patterns.tex =
-        \ '\v\\%('
-        \ ...
-        \ . ')\m'
-<
+  let g:deoplete#omni#input_patterns.tex = '\\(?:'
+        \ .  '\w*cite\w*(?:\s*\[[^]]*\]){0,2}\s*{[^}]*'
+        \ . '|\w*ref(?:\s*\{[^}]*|range\s*\{[^,}]*(?:}{)?)'
+        \ . '|hyperref\s*\[[^]]*'
+        \ . '|includegraphics\*?(?:\s*\[[^]]*\]){0,2}\s*\{[^}]*'
+        \ . '|(?:include(?:only)?|input)\s*\{[^}]*'
+        \ . '|\w*(gls|Gls|GLS)(pl)?\w*(\s*\[[^]]*\]){0,2}\s*\{[^}]*'
+        \ . '|includepdf(\s*\[[^]]*\])?\s*\{[^}]*'
+        \ . '|includestandalone(\s*\[[^]]*\])?\s*\{[^}]*'
+        \ .')'
+
+Note: I don't personally use |deoplete|, and I have not tested the above
+      expression. Please let me know if the regex does not work as intended,
+      so that we can update it appropriately.
+
 YouCompleteMe~
                                                 *vimtex-complete-youcompleteme*
 |youcompleteme| is probably the most popular code-completion engine for Vim.  The