diff --git a/docs/content/manual/dev/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/dev/manual.yml
index 3abd4892..08ad0013 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/dev/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/dev/manual.yml
@@ -2699,12 +2699,17 @@ sections:
           that match the regex in accordance with the flags, if any
           have been specified.  If there is no match, the stream is empty.
           To capture all the matches for each input string, use the idiom
-          `[ expr ]`, e.g. `[ scan(regex) ]`.
+          `[ expr ]`, e.g. `[ scan(regex) ]`.  If the regex contains capturing
+          groups, the filter emits a stream of arrays, each of which contains
+          the captured strings.
 
         examples:
           - program: 'scan("c")'
             input: '"abcdefabc"'
             output: ['"c"', '"c"']
+          - program: 'scan("(a+)(b+)")'
+            input: '"abaabbaaabbb"'
+            output: ['["a","b"]', '["aa","bb"]', '["aaa","bbb"]']
 
       - title: "`split(regex; flags)`"
         body: |
diff --git a/docs/content/manual/v1.7/manual.yml b/docs/content/manual/v1.7/manual.yml
index 078b8960..4f812f2f 100644
--- a/docs/content/manual/v1.7/manual.yml
+++ b/docs/content/manual/v1.7/manual.yml
@@ -2646,12 +2646,17 @@ sections:
           that match the regex in accordance with the flags, if any
           have been specified.  If there is no match, the stream is empty.
           To capture all the matches for each input string, use the idiom
-          `[ expr ]`, e.g. `[ scan(regex) ]`.
+          `[ expr ]`, e.g. `[ scan(regex) ]`.  If the regex contains capturing
+          groups, the filter emits a stream of arrays, each of which contains
+          the captured strings.
 
         examples:
           - program: 'scan("c")'
             input: '"abcdefabc"'
             output: ['"c"', '"c"']
+          - program: 'scan("(a+)(b+)")'
+            input: '"abaabbaaabbb"'
+            output: ['["a","b"]', '["aa","bb"]', '["aaa","bbb"]']
 
       - title: "`split(regex; flags)`"
         body: |
diff --git a/jq.1.prebuilt b/jq.1.prebuilt
index 50de569a..603f326b 100644
--- a/jq.1.prebuilt
+++ b/jq.1.prebuilt
@@ -2985,7 +2985,7 @@ jq \'capture("(?<a>[a\-z]+)\-(?<n>[0\-9]+)")\'
 .IP "" 0
 .
 .SS "scan(regex), scan(regex; flags)"
-Emit a stream of the non\-overlapping substrings of the input that match the regex in accordance with the flags, if any have been specified\. If there is no match, the stream is empty\. To capture all the matches for each input string, use the idiom \fB[ expr ]\fR, e\.g\. \fB[ scan(regex) ]\fR\.
+Emit a stream of the non\-overlapping substrings of the input that match the regex in accordance with the flags, if any have been specified\. If there is no match, the stream is empty\. To capture all the matches for each input string, use the idiom \fB[ expr ]\fR, e\.g\. \fB[ scan(regex) ]\fR\. If the regex contains capturing groups, the filter emits a stream of arrays, each of which contains the captured strings\.
 .
 .IP "" 4
 .
@@ -2994,6 +2994,10 @@ Emit a stream of the non\-overlapping substrings of the input that match the reg
 jq \'scan("c")\'
    "abcdefabc"
 => "c", "c"
+
+jq \'scan("(a+)(b+)")\'
+   "abaabbaaabbb"
+=> ["a","b"], ["aa","bb"], ["aaa","bbb"]
 .
 .fi
 .
diff --git a/tests/manonig.test b/tests/manonig.test
index 11c33fb3..e7abb77b 100644
--- a/tests/manonig.test
+++ b/tests/manonig.test
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ scan("c")
 "c"
 "c"
 
+scan("(a+)(b+)")
+"abaabbaaabbb"
+["a","b"]
+["aa","bb"]
+["aaa","bbb"]
+
 split(", *"; null)
 "ab,cd, ef"
 ["ab","cd","ef"]