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 The package exports four factories and the builder types they return. Each
 factory comes in a _strict_ variant (one common return type `R`) and a
-_widening_ variant (the union of every handler's return type):
+_widening_ variant: the `W` suffix means **widening** — the return value is
+widened from one common `R` to the union of every handler's return type.
 
 | Factory                          | Builder type                    | Return of the matcher            |
 | -------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |