diff --git a/hledger-lib/hledger_csv.m4.md b/hledger-lib/hledger_csv.m4.md index 533d59f78..188d62279 100644 --- a/hledger-lib/hledger_csv.m4.md +++ b/hledger-lib/hledger_csv.m4.md @@ -428,7 +428,8 @@ a default account name will be chosen (like expenses:unknown or income:unknown). For convenience and backwards compatibility, if you set the amount of posting 1 only, a second posting with the negative amount will be generated automatically. -(This also means you can't generate a transaction with just one posting.) +(Unless the account name is parenthesised indicating an +[unbalanced posting](journal.html#virtual-postings).) If the CSV has the currency symbol in a separate field, you can use `currencyN` to prepend it to posting N's amount. `currency` with no N