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diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt index 877021cd8..c94b69289 100644 --- a/MANUAL.txt +++ b/MANUAL.txt @@ -4179,6 +4179,10 @@ A document may contain multiple metadata blocks. If two metadata blocks attempt to set the same field, the value from the second block will be taken. +Each metadata block is handled internally as an independent YAML document. +This means, for example, that any YAML anchors defined in a block cannot be +referenced in another block. + When pandoc is used with `-t markdown` to create a Markdown document, a YAML metadata block will be produced only if the `-s/--standalone` option is used. All of the metadata will appear in a single block |