diff --git a/doc/manual.md b/doc/manual.md index 28c0395af..56c54edc7 100644 --- a/doc/manual.md +++ b/doc/manual.md @@ -496,13 +496,16 @@ public market which publishes such rates. When market prices are known, the `-V/--value` option will use them to convert reported amounts to their market value as of the report end -date. This option is currently availabel only with the +date. This option is currently available only with the [balance](#balance) command. You record market prices (Ledger calls them historical prices) with a P directive, in the journal or perhaps in a separate -[included](#include-directive) file. Market price directives have the -format: `P DATE COMMODITYSYMBOL UNITPRICE` +[included](#including-other-files) file. Market price directives have +the format: +```journal +P DATE COMMODITYSYMBOL UNITPRICE +``` For example, the following directives say that the euro's exchange rate was 1.35 US dollars during 2009, and $1.40 from 2010 onward (and unknown before 2009).