diff --git a/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst b/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst
index 3298fc85501..c03a9d31123 100644
--- a/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ patterns.
 
 .. function:: translate(pattern)
 
-   Return the shell-style *pattern* converted to a regular expression.
+   Return the shell-style *pattern* converted to a regular expression for
+   using with :func:`re.match`.
 
    Example: