diff --git a/man/joss_article.Rd b/man/joss_article.Rd
index 015a16138..bb644ceab 100644
--- a/man/joss_article.Rd
+++ b/man/joss_article.Rd
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ R Markdown and to locally preview how the article will appear as PDF.
 }
 \details{
 The following variables may be set in YAML metadata to populate fields in the
-article PDF: \code{doi, year, volume, issue, page, submitted, published,
+article PDF, but are only necccessary fo local preview:
+\code{formatted_doi, citation_author, year, volume, issue, page, submitted, published,
 review_url, repository}, and \code{archive_doi}.
 }