diff --git a/src/watchdog/events.py b/src/watchdog/events.py
index 51c6c5bf..afa8548a 100755
--- a/src/watchdog/events.py
+++ b/src/watchdog/events.py
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ def on_opened(self, event: FileSystemEvent) -> None:
 class PatternMatchingEventHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
     """
     Matches given patterns with file paths associated with occurring events.
+    Uses pathlib's `PurePath.match()` method. `patterns` and `ignore_patterns`
+    are expected to be a list of strings.
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -375,6 +377,7 @@ def dispatch(self, event: FileSystemEvent) -> None:
 class RegexMatchingEventHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
     """
     Matches given regexes with file paths associated with occurring events.
+    Uses the `re` module.
     """
 
     def __init__(