gnucash-docs maint: Improvement of PR#89 - Bug 781711: Add reversing transaction definition

[Frank H.Ellenberger]

Updated	 via  https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/commit/eded1c20 (commit)
	from  https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/commit/96f7878a (commit)



commit eded1c20cc26ff5ff8f47bafa1d4b2c2fab8a4a2
Author: David Thomas <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
Date:   Tue May 9 22:54:15 2017 +0200

    Improvement of PR#89 - Bug 781711: Add reversing transaction definition
    
    From the comment in the PR.

diff --git a/guide/C/gnc-glossary.xml b/guide/C/gnc-glossary.xml
index d278657..28f1aac 100644
--- a/guide/C/gnc-glossary.xml
+++ b/guide/C/gnc-glossary.xml
@@ -331,9 +331,11 @@
    <glossdef>
       <para>In formal accounting, a transaction is never deleted. Therefore, when
          a mistake is made, the original transaction remains in the ledger, and a
-         transaction is added to the ledger that reverses the original. This
-         <emphasis>reversing transaction</emphasis> restores the books to the state before
-         the error, and a new correct transaction is created. Reversing
+         transaction is added to the ledger that reverses the original. This 
+         <emphasis>reversing transaction</emphasis> duplicates the original transaction, 
+         but with debit and credit amounts reversed. This removes the effect of the 
+         erroneous transaction from the books. After entering the reversing transaction, 
+         a corrected transaction can then be entered. Reversing
          transactions are not commonly used in personal accounting.</para>
    </glossdef>
 </glossentry>



Summary of changes:
 guide/C/gnc-glossary.xml | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)