diff --git a/hledger-ui/hledger-ui.m4.md b/hledger-ui/hledger-ui.m4.md
index 4cc51225e..a6e6082af 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/hledger-ui.m4.md
+++ b/hledger-ui/hledger-ui.m4.md
@@ -171,12 +171,13 @@ commodity (like toggling the
 default valuation commodity (like toggling the
 [`-V/--market`](https://hledger.org/hledger.html#v-market-value) flag).
 Note, "current market value" means the value on the report end date if specified, otherwise today.
-To see the value on another date, such as the transaction's date, you can 
-temporarily set a date filter ending on the following day.
-Eg to see the contemporaneous value of a transaction on july 30,
-go to the accounts or register screen, press `/`, add ` date:-7/30`.
+To see the value on another date, you can temporarily set that as the report end date.
+Eg: to see a transaction as it was valued on july 30,
+go to the accounts or register screen, 
+press `/`, 
+and add ` date:-7/30` to the query.
 
-At most one of cost or value mode can be active at once (in hledger-ui).
+At most one of cost or value mode can be active at once.
 
 There's not yet any visual reminder when cost or value mode is active; 
 for now pressing `B` `B` `V` should reliably reset to normal mode.