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@subsection Environment variables
Every option to ledger may be set using an environment variable. If
-an option has a long name such @option{--this-option}, setting the
-environment variable @env{LEDGER_THIS_OPTION} will have the same
+an option has a long name, for example @option{--account}, setting the
+environment variable @env{LEDGER_ACCOUNT} will have the same
effect as specifying that option on the command-line. Options on the
command-line always take precedence over environment variable
settings, however.