diff --git a/doc/hop.txt b/doc/hop.txt
index bb18080d..ce5d0619 100644
--- a/doc/hop.txt
+++ b/doc/hop.txt
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ doing that for you.
     of all the words in the window and will make the cursor jump to the one
     fully reduced.
 
-`hop.jump_target.regex_by_line_start()`      *hop.jump_target.regex_by_line_start*
+`hop.jump_target.by_line_start()`                  *hop.jump_target.by_line_start*
     Highlight the beginning of each line in the current window.
 
 `hop.jump_target.regex_by_line_start_skip_whitespace()` *hop.jump_target.regex_by_line_start_skip_whitespace*
diff --git a/lua/hop/init.lua b/lua/hop/init.lua
index fd8e8ae3..47262461 100644
--- a/lua/hop/init.lua
+++ b/lua/hop/init.lua
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ function M.hint_lines(opts)
   end
 
   M.hint_with(
-    generator(jump_target.regex_by_line_start()),
+    generator(jump_target.by_line_start()),
     opts
   )
 end
diff --git a/lua/hop/jump_target.lua b/lua/hop/jump_target.lua
index 1ec1d9af..513fc43f 100644
--- a/lua/hop/jump_target.lua
+++ b/lua/hop/jump_target.lua
@@ -348,10 +348,13 @@ function M.regex_by_searching(pat, plain_search)
   if plain_search then
     pat = vim.fn.escape(pat, '\\/.$^~[]')
   end
+
+  local regex = vim.regex(pat)
+
   return {
     oneshot = false,
     match = function(s)
-      return vim.regex(pat):match_str(s)
+      return regex:match_str(s)
     end
   }
 end
@@ -370,10 +373,12 @@ function M.regex_by_case_searching(pat, plain_search, opts)
     pat = '\\c' .. pat
   end
 
+  local regex = vim.regex(pat)
+
   return {
     oneshot = false,
     match = function(s)
-      return vim.regex(pat):match_str(s)
+      return regex:match_str(s)
     end
   }
 end
@@ -384,7 +389,7 @@ function M.regex_by_word_start()
 end
 
 -- Line regex.
-function M.regex_by_line_start()
+function M.by_line_start()
   local c = vim.fn.winsaveview().leftcol
 
   return {
@@ -403,22 +408,23 @@ end
 -- Line regex at cursor position.
 function M.regex_by_vertical()
   local position = vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(0)[2]
-  local pattern = vim.regex(string.format("^.\\{0,%d\\}\\(.\\|$\\)", position))
+  local regex = vim.regex(string.format("^.\\{0,%d\\}\\(.\\|$\\)", position))
   return {
     oneshot = true,
     match = function(s)
-      return pattern:match_str(s)
+      return regex:match_str(s)
     end
   }
 end
 
 -- Line regex skipping finding the first non-whitespace character on each line.
 function M.regex_by_line_start_skip_whitespace()
-  local pat = vim.regex("\\S")
+  local regex = vim.regex("\\S")
+
   return {
     oneshot = true,
     match = function(s)
-      return pat:match_str(s)
+      return regex:match_str(s)
     end
   }
 end