From 8ea9fd7aa6b2152f95724e504ac61c57d90b113c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Szkoda <adaszko@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 10:54:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Rephrase @ operator description

---
 doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml b/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml
index 5585e89fe5..6db2adcfa0 100644
--- a/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml
@@ -1060,15 +1060,14 @@ map (concat "foo") [ "bar" "bla" "abc" ]</programlisting>
   and <varname>z</varname>.</para></listitem>
 
 
-  <listitem><para>An <literal>@</literal>-pattern requires that the
-  argument matches with the patterns on the left- and right-hand side
-  of the <literal>@</literal>-sign.  For example:
+  <listitem><para>An <literal>@</literal>-pattern provides a means of referring
+  to the whole value being matched:
 
 <programlisting>
 args@{ x, y, z, ... }: z + y + x + args.a</programlisting>
 
   Here <varname>args</varname> is bound to the entire argument, which
-  is further matches against the pattern <literal>{ x, y, z,
+  is further matched against the pattern <literal>{ x, y, z,
   ... }</literal>.</para></listitem>