@cindex conditional evaluation
Conditional control structures choose among alternatives. Emacs Lisp
-has four conditional forms: @code{if}, which is much the same as in
+has five conditional forms: @code{if}, which is much the same as in
other languages; @code{when} and @code{unless}, which are variants of
-@code{if}; and @code{cond}, which is a generalized case statement.
+@code{if}; @code{cond}, which is a generalized case statement;
+and @code{pcase}, which is a generalization of @code{cond}
+(@pxref{Pattern-Matching Conditional}).
@defspec if condition then-form else-forms@dots{}
@code{if} chooses between the @var{then-form} and the @var{else-forms}