diff --git a/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match-all.xml b/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match-all.xml
index cc71d88c5f5e..e0f1f48985ee 100644
--- a/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match-all.xml
+++ b/reference/pcre/functions/preg-match-all.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
           <para>
            Orders results so that <varname>$matches[0]</varname> is an array of full
            pattern matches, <varname>$matches[1]</varname> is an array of strings matched by
-           the first parenthesized subpattern, and so on.
+           the first parenthesized subpattern, and so on. This is the default.
           </para>
           <para>
            <informalexample>