diff --git a/clients/pkg/logentry/stages/match_test.go b/clients/pkg/logentry/stages/match_test.go
index ebaf7d5a9f..558407320c 100644
--- a/clients/pkg/logentry/stages/match_test.go
+++ b/clients/pkg/logentry/stages/match_test.go
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ func TestMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 		{`{foo="bar",bar!~"te.*"}`, map[string]string{"foo": "bar", "bar": "test"}, MatchActionDrop, false, false, false},
 
 		{`{foo=""}`, map[string]string{}, MatchActionKeep, false, true, false},
+		{`{foo="bar"} |= "foo" | status >= 200`, map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}, MatchActionKeep, false, false, true},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
diff --git a/docs/sources/clients/promtail/stages/match.md b/docs/sources/clients/promtail/stages/match.md
index 4ae2aa5b1b..50dd06aed8 100644
--- a/docs/sources/clients/promtail/stages/match.md
+++ b/docs/sources/clients/promtail/stages/match.md
@@ -5,14 +5,19 @@ description: match stage
 # match
 
 The match stage is a filtering stage that conditionally applies a set of stages
-or drop entries when a log entry matches a configurable [LogQL]({{< relref "../../../query" >}})
-stream selector and filter expressions.
+or drop entries when a log entry matches a configurable LogQL
+[stream selector]({{< relref "../../../query/log_queries#log-stream-selector" >}}) and
+[filter expressions]({{< relref "../../../query/log_queries#line-filter-expression" >}}).
+
+{{% admonition type="note" %}}
+The filters do not include label filter expressions such as `| label == "foobar"`.
+{{% /admonition %}}
 
 ## Schema
 
 ```yaml
 match:
-  # LogQL stream selector and filter expressions.
+  # LogQL stream selector and line filter expressions.
   selector: <string>
 
   # Names the pipeline. When defined, creates an additional label in