diff --git a/pkgs/racket-doc/syntax/scribblings/parse/patterns.scrbl b/pkgs/racket-doc/syntax/scribblings/parse/patterns.scrbl
index eb0f7b9ade..3908793c9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/racket-doc/syntax/scribblings/parse/patterns.scrbl
+++ b/pkgs/racket-doc/syntax/scribblings/parse/patterns.scrbl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ means specifically @tech{@Spattern}.
 
 @racketgrammar*[#:literals (_ ~var ~literal ~or ~alt ~or* ~and ~not ~rest ~datum
                             ~describe ~seq ~optional ~rep ~once ~between
-                            ~! ~bind ~fail ~parse ~peek ~peek-not ~do ~post)
+                            ~! ~bind ~fail ~parse ~peek ~peek-not ~do ~undo ~post)
                 [S-pattern
                  pvar-id
                  pvar-id:syntax-class-id
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ means specifically @tech{@Spattern}.
                  (~parse S-pattern stx-expr)
                  (@#,ref[~and a] A-pattern ...+)
                  (@#,ref[~post a] A-pattern)
-                 (~do defn-or-expr ...)]
+                 (~do defn-or-expr ...)
+                 (~undo defn-or-expr ...)]
                 [proper-S-pattern
                  #, @elem{a @svar{S-pattern} that is not a @svar{A-pattern}}]
                 [proper-H-pattern
@@ -1095,6 +1096,36 @@ definition in a @racket[~do] block.
 ]
 }
 
+@specsubform[(@#,defhere[~undo] defn-or-expr ...)]{
+
+Has no effect when initially matched, but if backtracking returns to a
+point @emph{before} the @racket[~undo] pattern, the
+@racket[defn-or-expr]s are executed. They are evaluated in the scope
+of all previous attribute bindings.
+
+Use @racket[~do] paired with @racket[~undo] to perform side effects
+and then unwind them if the enclosing pattern is later discarded.
+
+@examples[#:eval the-eval
+(define total 0)
+(define-syntax-class nat/add
+  (pattern (~and n:nat
+                 (~do (printf "adding ~s\n" (syntax-e #'n))
+                      (set! total (+ total (syntax-e #'n))))
+                 (~undo (printf "subtracting ~s\n" (syntax-e #'n))
+                        (set! total (- total (syntax-e #'n)))))))
+
+(syntax-parse #'(1 2 3)
+  [(x:nat/add ...) 'ok])
+total
+(set! total 0)
+(syntax-parse #'(1 2 3 bad)
+  [(x:nat/add ...) 'ok]
+  [_ 'something-else])
+total
+]
+}
+
 @specsubform[(@#,def[~post a] A-pattern)]{
 
 Like the @Spattern version, @ref[~post s], but contains only
diff --git a/pkgs/racket-doc/syntax/scribblings/parse/stxclasses.scrbl b/pkgs/racket-doc/syntax/scribblings/parse/stxclasses.scrbl
index 2fb7b3aa2d..fadef6e92b 100644
--- a/pkgs/racket-doc/syntax/scribblings/parse/stxclasses.scrbl
+++ b/pkgs/racket-doc/syntax/scribblings/parse/stxclasses.scrbl
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ follows:
                (code:line #:fail-when condition-expr message-expr)
                (code:line #:fail-unless condition-expr message-expr)
                (code:line #:when condition-expr)
-               (code:line #:do [def-or-expr ...])]
+               (code:line #:do [def-or-expr ...])
+               (code:line #:undo [def-or-expr ...])]
 
 @specsubform[(code:line #:declare pvar-id stxclass maybe-role)
              #:grammar
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@ backtracks. In other words, @racket[#:when] is like
 Equivalent to @racket[#:post (~fail #:unless condition-expr #f)].
 }
 
-@specsubform[(code:line #:do [def-or-expr ...])]{
+@specsubform[(code:line #:do [defn-or-expr ...])]{
 
 Takes a sequence of definitions and expressions, which may be
 intermixed, and evaluates them in the scope of all previous attribute
@@ -336,7 +337,17 @@ There is currently no way to bind attributes using a @racket[#:do]
 block. It is an error to shadow an attribute binding with a definition
 in a @racket[#:do] block.
 
-Equivalent to @racket[#:and (~do def-or-expr ...)].
+Equivalent to @racket[#:and (~do defn-or-expr ...)].
+}
+
+@specsubform[(code:line #:undo [defn-or-expr ...])]{
+
+Has no effect when initially matched, but if backtracking returns to a
+point @emph{before} the @racket[#:undo] directive, the
+@racket[defn-or-expr]s are executed. See @racket[~undo] for an
+example.
+
+Equivalent to @racket[#:and (~undo defn-or-expr ...)].
 }