diff --git a/standard/patterns.md b/standard/patterns.md
index 6f3b9adad..42c3447da 100644
--- a/standard/patterns.md
+++ b/standard/patterns.md
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ constant_pattern
     ;
 ```
 
-A constant pattern `P` is *applicable to* a type `T` if there is an implicit conversion from the constant expression of `P` to the type `T`.
+A constant pattern `P` is *applicable to* a type `T` if there is an implicit conversion from the constant expression of `P` to the type `T`, or if `T` is `System.Span<char>` or `System.ReadOnlySpan<char>` and the constant expression of `P` is of type `string` and is not the `null` literal.
 
 For a constant pattern `P`, its *converted value* is
 
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ For a constant pattern `P`, its *converted value* is
 Given a pattern input value *e* and a constant pattern `P` with converted value *v*,
 
 - if *e* has integral type or enum type, or a nullable form of one of those, and *v* has integral type, the pattern `P` *matches* the value *e* if result of the expression `e == v` is `true`; otherwise
+- if *e* is of type `System.Span<char>` or `System.ReadOnlySpan<char>`, and *v* is a constant string, and *v* does not have a constant value of `null`, the pattern `P` *matches* the value *e* if `System.MemoryExtensions.SequenceEqual<char>(e, System.MemoryExtensions.AsSpan(v))` returns `true`; otherwise
 - the pattern `P` *matches* the value *e* if `object.Equals(e, v)` returns `true`.
 
 > *Example*: The `switch` statement in the following method uses five constant patterns in its case labels.
diff --git a/standard/standard-library.md b/standard/standard-library.md
index 5f42ac8ac..0de83e7a0 100644
--- a/standard/standard-library.md
+++ b/standard/standard-library.md
@@ -404,6 +404,15 @@ namespace System
 
     public abstract class FormattableString : IFormattable { }
 
+    public static class MemoryExtensions
+    {
+        public static ReadOnlySpan<char> AsSpan (this string? text);
+        public static bool SequenceEqual<T> (this Span<T> span, ReadOnlySpan<T> other)
+          where T : IEquatable<T>;
+        public static bool SequenceEqual<T> (this ReadOnlySpan<T> span,
+          ReadOnlySpan<T> other) where T : IEquatable<T>;
+    }
+
     public class OperationCanceledException : Exception
     {
         public OperationCanceledException();
@@ -1414,6 +1423,7 @@ The following library types are referenced in this specification. The full names
 - `global::System.IntPtr`
 - `global::System.InvalidCastException`
 - `global::System.InvalidOperationException`
+- `global::System.MemoryExtensions`
 - `global::System.NotSupportedException`
 - `global::System.Nullable<T>`
 - `global::System.NullReferenceException`