diff --git a/docs/source/purldb/api.rst b/docs/source/purldb/api.rst
index 22000294..3d91b8e9 100644
--- a/docs/source/purldb/api.rst
+++ b/docs/source/purldb/api.rst
@@ -1106,11 +1106,53 @@ Return a ``git_repo`` from a standard PackageURL ``package_url``.
 matching
 --------
 
+Given a ScanCode.io JSON output ``upload_file``, match directory and resources
+of the codebase in ``upload_file`` to Packages indexed in the PurlDB.
+
+This endpoint runs the ``matching`` pipeline at https://github.com/nexB/purldb/blob/main/matchcode_pipeline/pipelines/matching.py
+
+Using cURL to upload a scan for matching:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    api_url="https://public.purldb.io/api/matching/"
+    content_type="Content-Type: application/json"
+
+    curl -X POST "$api_url" -H "$content_type" -F "upload_file=@/home/user/scan.json"
 
 .. code-block:: json
 
-{
-    "upload_file": null,
-    "input_urls": [],
-    "webhook_url": ""
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    {
+        'url': 'http://testserver/api/matching/d7b3a3f3-87de-44d5-852a-e0fb99b10d89/',
+        'uuid': 'd7b3a3f3-87de-44d5-852a-e0fb99b10d89',
+        'created_date': '2024-06-03T19:02:28.966557Z',
+        'input_sources': [
+            {
+                'filename': 'scan.json',
+                'download_url': '',
+                'is_uploaded': True,
+                'tag': '',
+                'exists': True,
+                'uuid': '2f67a376-6ff7-4762-9ea5-e998d8164156'
+            }
+        ],
+        'runs': [
+            {
+                'url': 'http://testserver/api/runs/74c533f7-b31b-451c-8fff-a5a556a410ce/',
+                'pipeline_name': 'matching',
+                'status': AbstractTaskFieldsModel.Status.NOT_STARTED,
+                'description': '',
+                'project': 'http://testserver/api/runs/d7b3a3f3-87de-44d5-852a-e0fb99b10d89/',
+                'uuid': '74c533f7-b31b-451c-8fff-a5a556a410ce',
+                'created_date': '2024-06-03T19:02:28.968804Z',
+                'scancodeio_version': '',
+                'task_id': None,
+                'task_start_date': None,
+                'task_end_date': None,
+                'task_exitcode': None,
+                'task_output': '',
+                'log': '',
+                'execution_time': None
+            }
+        ]
+    }
diff --git a/matchcode_pipeline/tests/test_api.py b/matchcode_pipeline/tests/test_api.py
index 69a1f27d..2762d7df 100644
--- a/matchcode_pipeline/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/matchcode_pipeline/tests/test_api.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.auth = f'Token {self.user.auth_token.key}'
         self.csrf_client = APIClient(enforce_csrf_checks=True)
         self.csrf_client.credentials(HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=self.auth)
-    
+
     def test_d2d_pipeline_api_d2d_list(self):
         response = self.csrf_client.get(self.d2d_list_url)
 
@@ -215,12 +215,12 @@ def test_d2d_pipeline_api_d2d_list(self):
         self.assertNotContains(response, 'resource_count')
         self.assertNotContains(response, 'package_count')
         self.assertNotContains(response, 'dependency_count')
-    
+
     @mock.patch('scanpipe.models.Run.execute_task_async')
     def test_d2d_pipeline_api_d2d_create(self, mock_execute_pipeline_task):
         # load upload_file contents
         data = {
-            'input_urls': ['https://github.com/nexB/scancode.io/raw/main/scanpipe/tests/data/d2d-elfs/from-data.zip#from', 
+            'input_urls': ['https://github.com/nexB/scancode.io/raw/main/scanpipe/tests/data/d2d-elfs/from-data.zip#from',
                            'https://github.com/nexB/scancode.io/raw/main/scanpipe/tests/data/d2d-elfs/to-data.zip#to'],
         }
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def test_d2d_pipeline_api_d2d_create(self, mock_execute_pipeline_task):
         mock_execute_pipeline_task.assert_called_once()
         response = self.csrf_client.get(response.data['url'])
         self.assertIn('codebase_resources_discrepancies', response.data)
-    
+
     def test_d2d_pipeline_api_run_detail(self):
         run1 = self.project1.add_pipeline('d2d')
         url = reverse('run-detail', args=[run1.uuid])