From 41d62d669b204b060246b41e365f23e84d3eff82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 14:49:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: journal: note that transaction code must be
 parenthesised

---
 hledger-lib/doc/hledger_journal.5.m4.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hledger-lib/doc/hledger_journal.5.m4.md b/hledger-lib/doc/hledger_journal.5.m4.md
index 518c6ce18..38f989ed0 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/doc/hledger_journal.5.m4.md
+++ b/hledger-lib/doc/hledger_journal.5.m4.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Each transaction is represented by a journal entry beginning with a [simple date
 This can be followed by any of the following, separated by spaces:
 
 - (optional) a [status](#status) character (empty, `!`, or `*`) 
-- (optional) a transaction code (any short number or text, eg a check number)
+- (optional) a transaction code (any short number or text, enclosed in parentheses)
 - (optional) a transaction description (any remaining text until end of line)
 
 Then comes zero or more (but usually at least 2) indented lines representing...