diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/controlflow/SwitchStatementWithTooFewBranchesInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/controlflow/SwitchStatementWithTooFewBranchesInspection.java
index 7ed527e0fc12..8b02c8e0e08f 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/controlflow/SwitchStatementWithTooFewBranchesInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/controlflow/SwitchStatementWithTooFewBranchesInspection.java
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.impl.quickfix.UnwrapSwitchLabelFix;
 import com.intellij.codeInspection.CommonQuickFixBundle;
 import com.intellij.codeInspection.ProblemDescriptor;
 import com.intellij.codeInspection.SetInspectionOptionFix;
-import com.intellij.codeInspection.ui.InspectionOptionsPanel;
 import com.intellij.codeInspection.ui.SingleIntegerFieldOptionsPanel;
-import com.intellij.java.JavaBundle;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.psi.*;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil;
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ import com.siyeh.ig.BaseInspectionVisitor;
 import com.siyeh.ig.DelegatingFix;
 import com.siyeh.ig.InspectionGadgetsFix;
 import com.siyeh.ig.psiutils.SwitchUtils;
-import one.util.streamex.StreamEx;
+import org.jdom.Element;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -94,6 +92,12 @@ public class SwitchStatementWithTooFewBranchesInspection extends BaseInspection
     return fixes.toArray(InspectionGadgetsFix.EMPTY_ARRAY);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void writeSettings(@NotNull Element node) {
+    defaultWriteSettings(node, "ignorePatternSwitch");
+    writeBooleanOption(node, "ignorePatternSwitch", false);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public BaseInspectionVisitor buildVisitor() {
     return new MinimumSwitchBranchesVisitor();
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/inspectionDescriptions/SwitchStatementWithTooFewBranches.html b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/inspectionDescriptions/SwitchStatementWithTooFewBranches.html
index 9c680d259d20..15dbdb80f9aa 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/inspectionDescriptions/SwitchStatementWithTooFewBranches.html
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/inspectionDescriptions/SwitchStatementWithTooFewBranches.html
@@ -21,5 +21,14 @@ and
 <!-- tooltip end -->
 <p>Configure the inspection:</p>
 <p>Use the <b>Minimum number of branches</b> field to specify the minimum expected number of <code>case</code> labels.</p>
+<p>Use the <b>Do not report pattern switch statements</b> option to avoid reporting switch statements and expressions that
+have pattern branches. E.g.:</p>
+<pre><code>
+  String result = switch(obj) {
+    case String str -> str.trim();
+    default -> "none";
+  };
+</code></pre>
+<p>It might be preferred to keep the switch even with a single pattern branch, rather than using the <code>instanceof</code> statement.</p>
 </body>
 </html>
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