diff --git a/lib/modules/datasource/aws-machine-image/readme.md b/lib/modules/datasource/aws-machine-image/readme.md
index 3997cb49a25b4c75c1df14e290073880fa1a15af..577b5d71a4092c857a87b2dc5afbcd595f9e2e2e 100644
--- a/lib/modules/datasource/aws-machine-image/readme.md
+++ b/lib/modules/datasource/aws-machine-image/readme.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ module.exports = {
     {
       fileMatch: ['.*'],
       matchStrings: [
-        '.*amiFilter=(?<packageName>.*?)\\n(.*currentImageName=(?<currentDigest>.*?)\\n)?(.*\\n)?.*?(?<depName>[a-zA-Z0-9-_:]*)[ ]*?[:|=][ ]*?["|\']?(?<currentValue>ami-[a-z0-9]{17})["|\']?.*',
+        '.*amiFilter=(?<packageName>.*?)\n(.*currentImageName=(?<currentDigest>.*?)\n)?(.*\n)?.*?(?<depName>[a-zA-Z0-9-_:]*)[ ]*?[:|=][ ]*?["|\']?(?<currentValue>ami-[a-z0-9]{17})["|\']?.*',
       ],
       datasourceTemplate: 'aws-machine-image',
       versioningTemplate: 'aws-machine-image',
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Or as JSON:
         'fileMatch': ['.*'],
         'matchStrings':
           [
-            ".*amiFilter=(?<packageName>.*?)\\n(.*currentImageName=(?<currentDigest>.*?)\\n)?(.*\\n)?.*?(?<depName>[a-zA-Z0-9-_:]*)[ ]*?[:|=][ ]*?[\"|']?(?<currentValue>ami-[a-z0-9]{17})[\"|']?.*",
+            ".*amiFilter=(?<packageName>.*?)\n(.*currentImageName=(?<currentDigest>.*?)\n)?(.*\n)?.*?(?<depName>[a-zA-Z0-9-_:]*)[ ]*?[:|=][ ]*?[\"|']?(?<currentValue>ami-[a-z0-9]{17})[\"|']?.*",
           ],
         'datasourceTemplate': 'aws-machine-image',
         'versioningTemplate': 'aws-machine-image',