From 9c7b2345e1c8bc021c85b790e9f5685f571f9bb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dfedoryshchev <dmitriy.fedoryshchev@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:53:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: clarify useWatch exact prop default behavior

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 src/content/docs/usewatch.mdx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/content/docs/usewatch.mdx b/src/content/docs/usewatch.mdx
index 845b4ec70..06977de2a 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/usewatch.mdx
+++ b/src/content/docs/usewatch.mdx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Behaves similarly to the `watch` API, however, this will isolate re-rendering at
 | `compute`      | <TypeText>function</TypeText>                        | <p>Subscribe to selective and computed form values.</p><ul><li>Subscribe to the entire form but only return updated value with certain condition<CodeArea withOutCopy rawData={`const watchedValue = useWatch({\n  compute: (data: FormValue) => { \n    if (data.test?.length) return data.test; \n\n    return ''; \n  }, \n});`}/></li><li>Subscribe to a specific form value state<CodeArea withOutCopy rawData={`const watchedValue = useWatch({\n  name: 'test', \n  compute: (data: string) => { \n    return data.length ? data : ''; \n  }, \n});`}/></li></ul> |
 | `defaultValue` | <TypeText>unknown</TypeText>                         | default value for `useWatch` to return before the initial render.<br/><br/>**Note:** the first render will always return `defaultValue` when it's supplied.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | `disabled`     | <TypeText>boolean = false</TypeText>                 | Option to disable the subscription.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
-| `exact`        | <TypeText>boolean = false</TypeText>                 | This prop will enable an exact match for input name subscriptions.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
+| `exact`        | <TypeText>boolean = false</TypeText>                 | Enable exact name matching. When `false` (default), a subscription fires when the subscribed name is a prefix of the changed field name, or vice versa (for example, subscribing to `"users"` receives updates for `"users.0.name"`).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 
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