diff -r cd3fdf21a6e4 Modules/_sre.c
--- a/Modules/_sre.c	Thu Jan 16 14:15:03 2014 -0800
+++ b/Modules/_sre.c	Fri Jan 17 12:10:59 2014 +0200
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@
 _sre.SRE_Pattern.match as pattern_match
 
     self: self(type="PatternObject *")
-    pattern: object
+    string: object
     pos: Py_ssize_t = 0
     endpos: Py_ssize_t(c_default="PY_SSIZE_T_MAX") = sys.maxsize
 
@@ -541,43 +541,42 @@
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(pattern_match__doc__,
-"match(pattern, pos=0, endpos=sys.maxsize)\n"
+"match(string, pos=0, endpos=sys.maxsize)\n"
 "Matches zero or more characters at the beginning of the string.");
 
 #define PATTERN_MATCH_METHODDEF    \
     {"match", (PyCFunction)pattern_match, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, pattern_match__doc__},
 
 static PyObject *
-pattern_match_impl(PatternObject *self, PyObject *pattern, Py_ssize_t pos, Py_ssize_t endpos);
+pattern_match_impl(PatternObject *self, PyObject *string, Py_ssize_t pos, Py_ssize_t endpos);
 
 static PyObject *
 pattern_match(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
 {
     PyObject *return_value = NULL;
-    static char *_keywords[] = {"pattern", "pos", "endpos", NULL};
-    PyObject *pattern;
+    static char *_keywords[] = {"string", "pos", "endpos", NULL};
+    PyObject *string;
     Py_ssize_t pos = 0;
     Py_ssize_t endpos = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs,
         "O|nn:match", _keywords,
-        &pattern, &pos, &endpos))
+        &string, &pos, &endpos))
         goto exit;
-    return_value = pattern_match_impl((PatternObject *)self, pattern, pos, endpos);
+    return_value = pattern_match_impl((PatternObject *)self, string, pos, endpos);
 
 exit:
     return return_value;
 }
 
 static PyObject *
-pattern_match_impl(PatternObject *self, PyObject *pattern, Py_ssize_t pos, Py_ssize_t endpos)
-/*[clinic end generated code: checksum=63e59c5f3019efe6c1f3acdec42b2d3595e14a09]*/
+pattern_match_impl(PatternObject *self, PyObject *string, Py_ssize_t pos, Py_ssize_t endpos)
+/*[clinic end generated code: checksum=7d11a49f87c55ed017b22d8ffb8654516f54247c]*/
 {
     SRE_STATE state;
     Py_ssize_t status;
-    PyObject *string;
-
-    string = state_init(&state, (PatternObject *)self, pattern, pos, endpos);
+
+    string = state_init(&state, (PatternObject *)self, string, pos, endpos);
     if (!string)
         return NULL;
 
@@ -605,7 +604,7 @@
     PyObject* string;
     Py_ssize_t start = 0;
     Py_ssize_t end = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
-    static char* kwlist[] = { "pattern", "pos", "endpos", NULL };
+    static char* kwlist[] = { "string", "pos", "endpos", NULL };
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O|nn:fullmatch", kwlist,
                                      &string, &start, &end))
         return NULL;
@@ -639,7 +638,7 @@
     PyObject* string;
     Py_ssize_t start = 0;
     Py_ssize_t end = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
-    static char* kwlist[] = { "pattern", "pos", "endpos", NULL };
+    static char* kwlist[] = { "string", "pos", "endpos", NULL };
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O|nn:search", kwlist,
                                      &string, &start, &end))
         return NULL;