match rule, possible bug

[eluser]bgreene[/eluser]
i have the following
$val->set_rules('edtpword1', 'lang:cr_password1', 'trim|required|matches[edtpword2]');
$val->set_rules('edtpword2', 'lang:cr_password2', 'trim|required');
if they don't match, 'lang:cr_password1' is correctly pulled up from the lang file but 'lang:cr_password2' is not so the error message says
"The Password field does not match the lang:cr_password2 field."
both password labels exist.
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