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diff --git a/doc/ledger3.texi b/doc/ledger3.texi index b4f3baab..ad41b985 100644 --- a/doc/ledger3.texi +++ b/doc/ledger3.texi @@ -6760,9 +6760,15 @@ Record the hash of each transaction in a @var{Hash} metadata value, according to the hashing algorithm given by the @var{ALGO} argument. Note that if a @var{Hash} metadata value is explicitly provided and does not match what would have been generated, an error is -reported. Hashes depend on previous entries, such that setting a single -hash value is sufficient to guarantee the shape of the entire history -leading up to that entry. +reported. This provided value can also just be a prefix, at whatever +length the user wishes, in which case only this amount of text is +compared to the generated hash. Printing the entry with hashes enabled +will display both this explicit metadata setting and the internally +generated hash value. + +Hashes depend on previous entries, such that setting a single hash value +is sufficient to guarantee the shape of the entire history leading up to +that entry. @item --head @var{INT} @itemx --first @var{INT} |