diff --git a/py-polars/docs/source/reference/sql/functions/temporal.rst b/py-polars/docs/source/reference/sql/functions/temporal.rst
index a5fb918910653..8e6e5373fd977 100644
--- a/py-polars/docs/source/reference/sql/functions/temporal.rst
+++ b/py-polars/docs/source/reference/sql/functions/temporal.rst
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@ Temporal
      - Converts a formatted string date to an actual Date type.
    * - :ref:`DATE_PART <date_part>`
      - Extracts a part of a date (or datetime) such as 'year', 'month', etc.
+   * - :ref:`EXTRACT <extract>`
+     - Offers the same functionality as `DATE_PART` with slightly different syntax.
 
 .. _date:
 
 DATE
 ----
-Converts a formatted string date to an actual Date type; ISO-8601 format is assumed unless a strftime-compatible formatting string is provided as the second parameter.
+Converts a formatted string date to an actual Date type; ISO-8601 format is assumed
+unless a strftime-compatible formatting string is provided as the second parameter.
 
 **Example:**
 
@@ -38,3 +41,14 @@ Extracts a part of a date (or datetime) such as 'year', 'month', etc.
 
     SELECT DATE_PART('year', column_1) FROM df;
     SELECT DATE_PART('day', column_1) FROM df;
+
+.. _extract:
+
+EXTRACT
+-------
+Extracts a part of a date (or datetime) such as 'year', 'month', etc.
+
+.. code-block:: sql
+
+    SELECT EXTRACT(isoyear FROM column_1) FROM df;
+    SELECT EXTRACT(minute FROM column_1) FROM df;
diff --git a/py-polars/docs/source/reference/sql/set_operations.rst b/py-polars/docs/source/reference/sql/set_operations.rst
index 43748bed57f85..5117f09cc6f6c 100644
--- a/py-polars/docs/source/reference/sql/set_operations.rst
+++ b/py-polars/docs/source/reference/sql/set_operations.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ Set Operations
 
 UNION
 -----
-Combine the result sets of two or more SELECT statements into a single result set.
+Combine the distinct result sets of two or more SELECT statements.
+The final result set will have no duplicate rows.
 
 **Example:**
 
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ Combine the result sets of two or more SELECT statements into a single result se
 
 UNION ALL
 ---------
-Combine the result sets of two or more SELECT statements into a single result set.
+Combine the complete result sets of two or more SELECT statements.
+The final result set will be composed of all rows from each query.
 
 **Example:**
 
@@ -51,7 +53,9 @@ Combine the result sets of two or more SELECT statements into a single result se
 
 UNION BY NAME
 -------------
-Combine the result sets of two or more SELECT statements into a single result set.
+Combine the result sets of two or more SELECT statements by column name
+instead of by position; if `ALL` is omitted the final result will have
+no duplicate rows.
 
 **Example:**