diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_find.ps1 b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_find.ps1
index 5653d4b0d2c..8857692033e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_find.ps1
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_find.ps1
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ $age_stamp = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name 'age_stamp' -default 'mtime' -V
 $file_type = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name 'file_type' -default 'file' -ValidateSet 'file','directory'
 $follow = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name 'follow' -type "bool" -default $false
 $hidden = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name 'hidden' -type "bool" -default $false
-$patterns = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name 'patterns'
+$patterns = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name 'patterns' -aliases "regex","regexp"
 $recurse = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name 'recurse' -type "bool" -default $false
 $size = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name 'size'
 $use_regex = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name 'use_regex' -type "bool" -default $false
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_find.py b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_find.py
index 31ffb799b66..d8ed45bf6af 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_find.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_find.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ options:
             - The patterns retrict the list of files or folders to be returned based on the filenames.
             - For a file to be matched it only has to match with one pattern in a list provided.
         type: list
+        aliases: [ "regex", "regexp" ]
     recurse:
         description:
             - Will recursively descend into the directory looking for files or folders.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_lineinfile.ps1 b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_lineinfile.ps1
index 51a424d2b56..38dd8b8bc09 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_lineinfile.ps1
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_lineinfile.ps1
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function WriteLines($outlines, $path, $linesep, $encodingobj, $validate, $check_
 
 
 # Implement the functionality for state == 'present'
-function Present($path, $regexp, $line, $insertafter, $insertbefore, $create, $backup, $backrefs, $validate, $encodingobj, $linesep, $check_mode, $diff_support) {
+function Present($path, $regex, $line, $insertafter, $insertbefore, $create, $backup, $backrefs, $validate, $encodingobj, $linesep, $check_mode, $diff_support) {
 
 	# Note that we have to clean up the path because ansible wants to treat / and \ as
 	# interchangeable in windows pathnames, but .NET framework internals do not support that.
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ function Present($path, $regexp, $line, $insertafter, $insertbefore, $create, $b
 
 	# Compile the regex specified, if provided
 	$mre = $null;
-	If ($regexp) {
-		$mre = New-Object Regex $regexp, 'Compiled';
+	If ($regex) {
+		$mre = New-Object Regex $regex, 'Compiled';
 	}
 
 	# Compile the regex for insertafter or insertbefore, if provided
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function Present($path, $regexp, $line, $insertafter, $insertbefore, $create, $b
 		$insre = New-Object Regex $insertbefore, 'Compiled';
 	}
 
-	# index[0] is the line num where regexp has been found
+	# index[0] is the line num where regex has been found
 	# index[1] is the line num where insertafter/insertbefore has been found
 	$index = -1, -1;
 	$lineno = 0;
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ function Present($path, $regexp, $line, $insertafter, $insertbefore, $create, $b
 
 	# Iterate through the lines in the file looking for matches
 	Foreach ($cur_line in $lines) {
-		If ($regexp) {
+		If ($regex) {
 			$m = $mre.Match($cur_line);
 			$match_found = $m.Success;
 			If ($match_found) {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ function Present($path, $regexp, $line, $insertafter, $insertbefore, $create, $b
 
 	If ($index[0] -ne -1) {
 		If ($backrefs) {
-		    $new_line = [regex]::Replace($matched_line, $regexp, $line);
+		    $new_line = [regex]::Replace($matched_line, $regex, $line);
 		}
 		Else {
 			$new_line = $line;
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ function Present($path, $regexp, $line, $insertafter, $insertbefore, $create, $b
 
 
 # Implement the functionality for state == 'absent'
-function Absent($path, $regexp, $line, $backup, $validate, $encodingobj, $linesep, $check_mode, $diff_support) {
+function Absent($path, $regex, $line, $backup, $validate, $encodingobj, $linesep, $check_mode, $diff_support) {
 
 	# Check if path exists. If it does not exist, fail with a reasonable error message.
 	If (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $path)) {
@@ -247,15 +247,15 @@ function Absent($path, $regexp, $line, $backup, $validate, $encodingobj, $linese
 
 	# Compile the regex specified, if provided
 	$cre = $null;
-	If ($regexp) {
-		$cre = New-Object Regex $regexp, 'Compiled';
+	If ($regex) {
+		$cre = New-Object Regex $regex, 'Compiled';
 	}
 
 	$found = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList;
 	$left = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList;
 
 	Foreach ($cur_line in $lines) {
-		If ($regexp) {
+		If ($regex) {
 			$m = $cre.Match($cur_line);
 			$match_found = $m.Success;
 		}
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ $diff_support = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "_ansible_diff" -type "bool"
 
 # Initialize defaults for input parameters.
 $path = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "path" -type "path" -failifempty $true -aliases "dest","destfile","name";
-$regexp = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "regexp" -type "str";
+$regex = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "regex" -type "str" -aliases "regexp";
 $state = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "state" -type "str" -default "present" -validateset "present","absent";
 $line = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "line" -type "str";
 $backrefs = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "backrefs" -type "bool" -default $false;
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ ElseIf (Test-Path -LiteralPath $path) {
 # call the appropriate handler function.
 If ($state -eq "present") {
 
-	If ($backrefs -and -not $regexp) {
+	If ($backrefs -and -not $regex) {
 	    Fail-Json @{} "regexp= is required with backrefs=true";
 	}
 
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ If ($state -eq "present") {
 
 	$present_params = @{
 		path = $path
-		regexp = $regexp
+		regex = $regex
 		line = $line
 		insertafter = $insertafter
 		insertbefore = $insertbefore
@@ -431,13 +431,13 @@ If ($state -eq "present") {
 }
 ElseIf ($state -eq "absent") {
 
-	If (-not $regexp -and -not $line) {
+	If (-not $regex -and -not $line) {
 		Fail-Json @{} "one of line= or regexp= is required with state=absent";
 	}
 
 	$absent_params = @{
 		path = $path
-		regexp = $regexp
+		regex = $regex
 		line = $line
 		backup = $backup
 		validate = $validate
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_lineinfile.py b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_lineinfile.py
index bce908266fe..f4fb7f5afa7 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_lineinfile.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_lineinfile.py
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ options:
         so you can get the original file back if you somehow clobbered it incorrectly.
     type: bool
     default: no
-  regexp:
+  regex:
     description:
       - The regular expression to look for in every line of the file. For C(state=present), the pattern to replace if found; only the last line found
         will be replaced. For C(state=absent), the pattern of the line to remove. Uses .NET compatible regular expressions;
         see U(https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hs600312%28v=vs.110%29.aspx).
+    aliases: [ "regexp" ]
   state:
     description:
       - Whether the line should be there or not.
@@ -117,28 +118,28 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
 
 - win_lineinfile:
     path: C:\Temp\example.conf
-    regexp: '^name='
+    regex: '^name='
     line: 'name=JohnDoe'
 
 - win_lineinfile:
     path: C:\Temp\example.conf
-    regexp: '^name='
+    regex: '^name='
     state: absent
 
 - win_lineinfile:
     path: C:\Temp\example.conf
-    regexp: '^127\.0\.0\.1'
+    regex: '^127\.0\.0\.1'
     line: '127.0.0.1 localhost'
 
 - win_lineinfile:
     path: C:\Temp\httpd.conf
-    regexp: '^Listen '
+    regex: '^Listen '
     insertafter: '^#Listen '
     line: Listen 8080
 
 - win_lineinfile:
     path: C:\Temp\services
-    regexp: '^# port for http'
+    regex: '^# port for http'
     insertbefore: '^www.*80/tcp'
     line: '# port for http by default'
 
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
   win_lineinfile:
     path: C:\Temp\example.conf
     backrefs: yes
-    regexp: '(^name=)'
+    regex: '(^name=)'
     line: '$1JohnDoe'
 '''
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_wait_for.ps1 b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_wait_for.ps1
index e66fe100293..e0a9a720b90 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_wait_for.ps1
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_wait_for.ps1
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $exclude_hosts = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "exclude_hosts" -type "list
 $hostname = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "host" -type "str" -default "127.0.0.1"
 $path = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "path" -type "path"
 $port = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "port" -type "int"
-$search_regex = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "search_regex" -type "str"
+$regex = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "regex" -type "str" -aliases "search_regex","regexp"
 $sleep = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "sleep" -type "int" -default 1
 $state = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "state" -type "str" -default "started" -validateset "present","started","stopped","absent","drained"
 $timeout = Get-AnsibleParam -obj $params -name "timeout" -type "int" -default 300
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ if ($null -ne $path) {
 }
 
 if ($null -ne $port) {
-    if ($null -ne $search_regex) {
-        Fail-Json $result "search_regex should by used when checking a string in a file in the win_wait_for module"
+    if ($null -ne $regex) {
+        Fail-Json $result "regex should by used when checking a string in a file in the win_wait_for module"
     }
 
     if ($null -ne $exclude_hosts -and $state -ne "drained") {
@@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ if ($null -eq $path -and $null -eq $port -and $state -ne "drained") {
         while (((Get-Date) - $start_time).TotalSeconds -lt $timeout) {
             $attempts += 1
             if (Test-AnsiblePath -Path $path) {
-                if ($null -eq $search_regex) {
+                if ($null -eq $regex) {
                     $complete = $true
                     break
                 } else {
                     $file_contents = Get-Content -Path $path -Raw
-                    if ($file_contents -match $search_regex) {
+                    if ($file_contents -match $regex) {
                         $complete = $true
                         break
                     }
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ if ($null -eq $path -and $null -eq $port -and $state -ne "drained") {
         if ($complete -eq $false) {
             $result.elapsed = ((Get-Date) - $module_start).TotalSeconds
             $result.wait_attempts = $attempts
-            if ($null -eq $search_regex) {
+            if ($null -eq $regex) {
                 Fail-Json $result "timeout while waiting for file $path to be present"
             } else {
-                Fail-Json $result "timeout while waiting for string regex $search_regex in file $path to match"
+                Fail-Json $result "timeout while waiting for string regex $regex in file $path to match"
             }
         }
     } elseif ($state -in @("absent")) {
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ if ($null -eq $path -and $null -eq $port -and $state -ne "drained") {
         while (((Get-Date) - $start_time).TotalSeconds -lt $timeout) {
             $attempts += 1
             if (Test-AnsiblePath -Path $path) {
-                if ($null -ne $search_regex) {
+                if ($null -ne $regex) {
                     $file_contents = Get-Content -Path $path -Raw
-                    if ($file_contents -notmatch $search_regex) {
+                    if ($file_contents -notmatch $regex) {
                         $complete = $true
                         break
                     }
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@ if ($null -eq $path -and $null -eq $port -and $state -ne "drained") {
         if ($complete -eq $false) {
             $result.elapsed = ((Get-Date) - $module_start).TotalSeconds
             $result.wait_attempts = $attempts
-            if ($null -eq $search_regex) {
+            if ($null -eq $regex) {
                 Fail-Json $result "timeout while waiting for file $path to be absent"
             } else {
-                Fail-Json $result "timeout while waiting for string regex $search_regex in file $path to not match"
+                Fail-Json $result "timeout while waiting for string regex $regex in file $path to not match"
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_wait_for.py b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_wait_for.py
index 4379dffb7f2..85721e7d539 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_wait_for.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/windows/win_wait_for.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ options:
     description:
     - The port number to poll on C(host).
     type: int
-  search_regex:
+  regex:
     description:
     - Can be used to match a string in a file.
     - If C(state) is present or started then it will wait until the regex
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ options:
     - If C(state) is absent then it will wait until the regex does not match.
     - Defaults to a multiline regex.
     type: str
+    aliases: [ "search_regex", "regexp" ]
   sleep:
     description:
     - Number of seconds to sleep between checks.
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ EXAMPLES = r'''
 - name: Wait until process complete is in the file before continuing
   win_wait_for:
     path: C:\temp\log.txt
-    search_regex: process complete
+    regex: process complete
 
 - name: Wait until file is removed
   win_wait_for:
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/win_wait_for/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/win_wait_for/tasks/main.yml
index 4e4401c9d50..e7176e80bb6 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/win_wait_for/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/win_wait_for/tasks/main.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     port: 0
     search_regex: a
   register: fail_port_search_regex
-  failed_when: fail_port_search_regex.msg != 'search_regex should by used when checking a string in a file in the win_wait_for module'
+  failed_when: fail_port_search_regex.msg != 'regex should by used when checking a string in a file in the win_wait_for module'
 
 - name: fail to set exclude_hosts with port whens tate is not drained
   win_wait_for: