From a38c09be98b1e7b492d989204b69b5126a39fad4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:57:26 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] ;doc: assertions: mention their behaviour with posting status

---
 hledger/hledger.m4.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/hledger/hledger.m4.md b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
index 0a9fb6fc9..0d961845c 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.m4.md
+++ b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
@@ -1752,6 +1752,11 @@ In hledger you can make "**subaccount-inclusive balance assertions**" by adding
   assets            $0 ==* $20  ; assets + subaccounts contains $20 and nothing else
 ```
 
+### Assertions and status
+
+Balance assertions always consider postings of all [statuses](#status) (unmarked, pending, or cleared);
+they are not affected by the `-U`/`--unmarked` / `-P`/`--pending` / `-C`/`--cleared` flags or the `status:` query.
+
 ### Assertions and virtual postings
 
 Balance assertions always consider both real and [virtual](#virtual-postings) postings;