diff --git a/src/patterns.md b/src/patterns.md
index 7676d5255..43fde6e7a 100644
--- a/src/patterns.md
+++ b/src/patterns.md
@@ -384,6 +384,9 @@ match slice {
     // `end` is a slice of everything but the first element, which must be "a".
     ["a", end @ ..] => println!("ends with: {:?}", end),
 
+    // 'whole' is the entire slice and `last` is the final element
+    whole @ [.., last] => println!("the last element of {:?} is {}", whole, last),
+
     rest => println!("{:?}", rest),
 }