From 49be4a53cd41015c73225e790349e8bda52f9983 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 14:17:41 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] clarify replace rules in lpr docs

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 docs/docs/configuration/license_plate_recognition.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration/license_plate_recognition.md b/docs/docs/configuration/license_plate_recognition.md
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+++ b/docs/docs/configuration/license_plate_recognition.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Fine-tune the LPR feature using these optional parameters at the global level of
 
 ### Normalization Rules
 
-- **`replace_rules`**: List of regex replacement rules to normalize detected plates. These rules are applied sequentially. Each rule must have a `pattern` (which can be a string or a regex, prepended by `r`) and `replacement` (a string, which also supports [backrefs](https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#re.sub) like `\1`). These rules are useful for dealing with common OCR issues like noise characters, separators, or confusions (e.g., 'O'→'0').
+- **`replace_rules`**: List of regex replacement rules to normalize detected plates. These rules are applied sequentially and are applied _before_ the `format` regex, if specified. Each rule must have a `pattern` (which can be a string or a regex, prepended by `r`) and `replacement` (a string, which also supports [backrefs](https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#re.sub) like `\1`). These rules are useful for dealing with common OCR issues like noise characters, separators, or confusions (e.g., 'O'→'0').
 
 These rules must be defined at the global level of your `lpr` config.