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authorJohn Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>2005-02-17 01:21:55 +0000
committerJohn Wiegley <johnw@newartisans.com>2008-04-13 02:41:04 -0400
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@@ -2716,8 +2716,9 @@ Relatedly, your Income accounts show up negative, because they
transfer money @emph{from} an account in order to increase your
assets. Your Expenses show up positive because that is where the
money went to. The combined total of Income and Expenses is your cash
-flow. A negative cash flow means you are spending more than you make.
-To see your current cash flow, use this command:
+flow. A positive cash flow means you are spending more than you make,
+since income is always a negative figure. To see your current cash
+flow, use this command:
@example
ledger balance ^income ^expenses