Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change@@ -253,8 +253,10 @@ at a more abstract level. The :keyword:`!pass` is silently ignored::
253253A :keyword:`match` statement takes an expression and compares its value to successive
254254patterns given as one or more case blocks. This is superficially
255255similar to a switch statement in C, Java or JavaScript (and many
256-other languages), but it can also extract components (sequence elements or
257-object attributes) from the value into variables.
256+other languages), but it's more similar to pattern matching in
257+languages like Rust or Haskell. Only the first pattern that matches
258+gets executed and it can also extract components (sequence elements
259+or object attributes) from the value into variables.
258260259261The simplest form compares a subject value against one or more literals::
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