From 1efc0486d596708dfd72f53eeccda28a6d352619 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 06:24:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ;doc:add: clarify that add is for journal format only

---
 hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md
index 12eae65f6..f24fbbe62 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## add
 
-Record new transactions with interactive prompting in the console.
+Add new transactions to a journal file, with interactive prompting in the console.
 
 ```flags
 Flags:
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Notes:
   you might expect `add` to add this symbol for you.
   It does not do this; we assume that if you are using a `D` directive
   you prefer not to see the commodity symbol repeated on amounts in the journal.
+- `add` creates entries in journal format; it won't work with timeclock or timedot files.
 
 Examples: