GH-130153: Reword the wildcard matching part of the tutorial (GH-129954)

diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
index 8261bbdbfb7a018dfbf08462aacc3bd709603313..95939242fb7d44c489cb3d067a2867e8aed9c0f3 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@ similar to a switch statement in C, Java or JavaScript (and many
 other languages), but it's more similar to pattern matching in
 languages like Rust or Haskell. Only the first pattern that matches
 gets executed and it can also extract components (sequence elements
-or object attributes) from the value into variables.
+or object attributes) from the value into variables. If no case matches,
+none of the branches is executed.
 
 The simplest form compares a subject value against one or more literals::
 
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ The simplest form compares a subject value against one or more literals::
                 return "Something's wrong with the internet"
 
 Note the last block: the "variable name" ``_`` acts as a *wildcard* and
-never fails to match. If no case matches, none of the branches is executed.
+never fails to match.
 
 You can combine several literals in a single pattern using ``|`` ("or")::