<p><a id="patterns" name="patterns"><em>Pattern</em></a> is
a perl compatible <a id="regexp" name="regexp">regular
- expression</a>. On the first RewriteRule that matches, it is applied to
+ expression</a>. On the first RewriteRule, it is matched against
the (%-decoded) <a href="./directive-dict.html#Syntax">URL-path</a> (or
<a href="./directive-dict.html#Syntax">file-path</a>, depending
- on the context) of the request. Subsequent patterns are applied to the
- output of the last matched RewriteRule.</p>
+ on the context) of the request. Subsequent patterns are matched against the
+ output of the last matching RewriteRule.</p>
<note><title><a id="what_is_matched" name="what_is_matched">What is matched?</a></title>
<p>In <directive module="core">VirtualHost</directive> context,