diff --git a/peps/pep-0440.rst b/peps/pep-0440.rst
index 86a82ea1e5e..4cc287bf395 100644
--- a/peps/pep-0440.rst
+++ b/peps/pep-0440.rst
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ following clauses would match or not as shown::
 
     == 1.1        # Not equal, so 1.1a1 does not match clause
     == 1.1a1      # Equal, so 1.1a1 matches clause
-    == 1.1.*      # Same prefix, so 1.1a1 matches clause
+    == 1.1.*      # Same prefix, so 1.1a1 matches clause if pre-releases are requested
 
 An exact match is also considered a prefix match (this interpretation is
 implied by the usual zero padding rules for the release segment of version