diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Node/BinaryNode.php b/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Node/BinaryNode.php
index 54e1f88107..e1505ea1f5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Node/BinaryNode.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Node/BinaryNode.php
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ class BinaryNode extends Node
     {
         $operator = $this->attributes['operator'];
 
-        if ('=~' == $operator || '!~' == $operator) {
+        if ('matches' == $operator) {
             $compiler
-                ->raw(('!~' == $operator ? '!' : '').'preg_match(')
+                ->raw('preg_match(')
                 ->compile($this->nodes['right'])
                 ->raw(', ')
                 ->compile($this->nodes['left'])
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class BinaryNode extends Node
                 return $left / $right;
             case '%':
                 return $left % $right;
-            case '=~':
+            case 'matches':
                 return preg_match($right, $left);
             case '!~':
                 return !preg_match($right, $left);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Parser.php b/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Parser.php
index f5eae2b455..727ce0783e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Parser.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Parser.php
@@ -43,33 +43,32 @@ class Parser
             '+'   => array('precedence' => 500),
         );
         $this->binaryOperators = array(
-            'or'     => array('precedence' => 10,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '||'     => array('precedence' => 10,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            'and'    => array('precedence' => 15,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '&&'     => array('precedence' => 15,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '|'      => array('precedence' => 16,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '^'      => array('precedence' => 17,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '&'      => array('precedence' => 18,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '=='     => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '==='    => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '!='     => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '!=='    => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '<'      => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '>'      => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '>='     => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '<='     => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            'not in' => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            'in'     => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '..'     => array('precedence' => 25,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '+'      => array('precedence' => 30,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '-'      => array('precedence' => 30,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '~'      => array('precedence' => 40,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '*'      => array('precedence' => 60,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '/'      => array('precedence' => 60,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '%'      => array('precedence' => 60,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '=~'     => array('precedence' => 70,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '!~'     => array('precedence' => 70,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
-            '**'     => array('precedence' => 200, 'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_RIGHT),
+            'or'      => array('precedence' => 10,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '||'      => array('precedence' => 10,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            'and'     => array('precedence' => 15,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '&&'      => array('precedence' => 15,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '|'       => array('precedence' => 16,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '^'       => array('precedence' => 17,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '&'       => array('precedence' => 18,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '=='      => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '==='     => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '!='      => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '!=='     => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '<'       => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '>'       => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '>='      => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '<='      => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            'not in'  => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            'in'      => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            'matches' => array('precedence' => 20,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '..'      => array('precedence' => 25,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '+'       => array('precedence' => 30,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '-'       => array('precedence' => 30,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '~'       => array('precedence' => 40,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '*'       => array('precedence' => 60,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '/'       => array('precedence' => 60,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '%'       => array('precedence' => 60,  'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_LEFT),
+            '**'      => array('precedence' => 200, 'associativity' => Parser::OPERATOR_RIGHT),
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Tests/Node/BinaryNodeTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Tests/Node/BinaryNodeTest.php
index fb5389cb49..97ac480244 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Tests/Node/BinaryNodeTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/ExpressionLanguage/Tests/Node/BinaryNodeTest.php
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ class BinaryNodeTest extends AbstractNodeTest
 
             array(array(1, 2, 3), new BinaryNode('..', new ConstantNode(1), new ConstantNode(3))),
 
-            array(1, new BinaryNode('=~', new ConstantNode('abc'), new ConstantNode('/^[a-z]+$/'))),
-            array(false, new BinaryNode('!~', new ConstantNode('abc'), new ConstantNode('/^[a-z]+$/'))),
+            array(1, new BinaryNode('matches', new ConstantNode('abc'), new ConstantNode('/^[a-z]+$/'))),
         );
     }
 
@@ -112,8 +111,7 @@ class BinaryNodeTest extends AbstractNodeTest
 
             array('range(1, 3)', new BinaryNode('..', new ConstantNode(1), new ConstantNode(3))),
 
-            array('preg_match("/^[a-z]+/i\$/", "abc")', new BinaryNode('=~', new ConstantNode('abc'), new ConstantNode('/^[a-z]+/i$/'))),
-            array('!preg_match("/^[a-z]+\$/", "abc")', new BinaryNode('!~', new ConstantNode('abc'), new ConstantNode('/^[a-z]+$/'))),
+            array('preg_match("/^[a-z]+/i\$/", "abc")', new BinaryNode('matches', new ConstantNode('abc'), new ConstantNode('/^[a-z]+/i$/'))),
         );
     }
 }