version 2.1.1; readme updated

Author: Va1

README.md

@@ -13,24 +13,26 @@ Support for Node v3 and lower was dropped, but you can install and use the loade
 
 ## Usage:
 
-In general, loader allows to perform replacements in a way [String.prototype.replace()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/replace) does (loader uses it internally).
-For instance, it means that if you want to replace all occurrences, you should use RegExp-like string in `query.search` with `g` flag in `query.flags`, etc.
+Loader allows to perform replacements in a way [String.prototype.replace()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/replace) does (loader uses it internally).
+It means that if you want to replace all occurrences, you should use RegExp-like string in `options.search` with `g` flag in `options.flags`, etc.
 
 ### Plain replacement:
 
+Plain string replacement, no need to escape RegEx special characters.
+
 In your `webpack.config.js`:
 
 ```javascript
 module.exports = {
   // ...
   module: {
-    loaders: [
+    rules: [
       {
         test: /fileInWhichJQueryIsUndefined\.js$/,
         loader: 'string-replace-loader',
-        query: {
-          search: 'jQuery',
-          replace: 'window.$'
+        options: {
+          search: '$',
+          replace: 'window.jQuery',
         }
       }
     ]
@@ -40,23 +42,24 @@ module.exports = {
 
 ### RegEx replacement:
 
-To achieve regular expression replacement you should specify the `flags` query param
+To achieve regular expression replacement you should specify the `flags` option
 (as an empty string if you do not want any flags). In this case, `search` and `flags` are being
-passed to the [RegExp](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp) constructor.
+passed to the [RegExp](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp) constructor
+and this means that you should escape RegEx special characters in `search` if you want it to be replaced as a string.
 
 In your `webpack.config.js`:
 
 ```javascript
 module.exports = {
   // ...
   module: {
-    loaders: [
+    rules: [
       {
         test: /fileInWhichJQueryIsUndefined\.js$/,
         loader: 'string-replace-loader',
-        query: {
-          search: 'jquery',
-          replace: 'window.$',
+        options: {
+          search: '\$',
+          replace: 'window.jQuery',
           flags: 'i'
         }
       }
@@ -75,11 +78,11 @@ In your `webpack.config.js`:
 module.exports = {
   // ...
   module: {
-    loaders: [
+    rules: [
       {
         test: /\.js$/,
         loader: 'string-replace-loader',
-        query: {
+        options: {
           multiple: [
              { search: 'jQuery', replace: 'window.$' },
              { search: '_', replace: 'window.lodash' }
@@ -93,19 +96,20 @@ module.exports = {
 
 ### Strict mode replacement:
 
-You can set strict mode to ensure that the replacement was done:
+You can enable strict mode to ensure that the replacement was performed.
+Loader will throw exception if nothing was replaced or if `search` or `replace` options were not specified.
 
 In your `webpack.config.js`:
 
 ```javascript
 module.exports = {
   // ...
   module: {
-    loaders: [
+    rules: [
       {
         test: /fileInWhichJQueryIsUndefined\.js$/,
         loader: 'string-replace-loader',
-        query: {
+        options: {
           search: 'jQuery',
           replace: 'window.$',
           strict: true

package-lock.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "string-replace-loader",
-  "version": "2.1.0",
+  "version": "2.1.1",
   "description": "Replace loader for Webpack",
   "keywords": [
     "webpack",