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 ``patreon income ledger entry``
   Imports one transaction per patron per month.  Generated from Patreon's monthly patron report CSVs.
 
+  This template can use these variables:
+
+  =============== ===========================================================
+  Name            Contents
+  =============== ===========================================================
+  email           The patron's email address on Patreon
+  --------------- -----------------------------------------------------------
+  tier            The name of the tier the patron is supporting at
+  --------------- -----------------------------------------------------------
+  patreon_id      The patron's user ID on Patreon
+  =============== ===========================================================
+
 ``patreon payout ledger entry``
   Imports one transaction per month for that month's payout.  Generated from Patreon's payout report CSV.