diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/language-constructs.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/language-constructs.xml
index 74809bb41..e438e4b20 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/language-constructs.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/language-constructs.xml
@@ -177,13 +177,19 @@ map (concat "foo") [ "bar" "bla" "abc" ]
An @-pattern provides a means of referring
to the whole value being matched:
-
-args@{ x, y, z, ... }: z + y + x + args.a
+ args@{ x, y, z, ... }: z + y + x + args.a
+
+but can also be written as:
+
+ { x, y, z, ... } @ args: z + y + x + args.a
Here args is bound to the entire argument, which
is further matched against the pattern { x, y, z,
- ... }.
-
+ ... }. This @-pattern makes mainly sense with an
+ ellipsis(...) as you can now access attribute names as
+ a, using args.a, which was given as an
+ additional attribute to the function.
+