<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 it is applied to the (%-decoded)
- <a href="./directive-dict.html#Syntax">URL-path</a> of the request;
- subsequent patterns are applied to the output of the last matched
- RewriteRule.</p>
+ expression</a>. On the first RewriteRule that matches, it is applied to
+ 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>
<note><title><a id="what_is_matched" name="what_is_matched">What is matched?</a></title>
<p>In <directive module="core">VirtualHost</directive> context,
<p>In <directive module="core">Directory</directive> and htaccess context,
the <em>Pattern</em> will initially be matched against the
- <em>filesystem</em> path, after removing the prefix that lead the server
+ <em>filesystem</em> path, after removing the prefix that led the server
to the current <directive>RewriteRule</directive> (e.g. "app1/index.html"
or "index.html" depending on where the directives are defined).</p>