From a2dfda0dd0787fe11af0f651f8da164946e202b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 12:38:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Clarifying text about use of `beamerarticle` variable.

Closes #10250.
---
 MANUAL.txt | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index b58f2d619..0bccd940e 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -3010,7 +3010,10 @@ Pandoc uses these variables when [creating a PDF] with a LaTeX engine.
     or `numbersections` variable)
 
 `beamerarticle`
-:   produce an article from Beamer slides
+:   produce an article from Beamer slides.  Note: if you set
+    this variable, you must specify the beamer writer but use the
+    default *LaTeX* template: for example,
+    `pandoc -Vbeamerarticle -t beamer --template default.latex`.
 
 `handout`
 :   produce a handout version of Beamer slides (with overlays condensed