diff --git a/Ledger/Entry.hs b/Ledger/Entry.hs
index 82367cedb..ad60e2d63 100644
--- a/Ledger/Entry.hs
+++ b/Ledger/Entry.hs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pcommentwidth = no limit -- 22
 -}
 showEntry :: Entry -> String
 showEntry e = 
-    unlines $ [precedingcomment ++ description] ++ (showtxns $ etransactions e) ++ [""]
+    unlines $ [{-precedingcomment ++ -}description] ++ (showtxns $ etransactions e) ++ [""]
     where
       precedingcomment = epreceding_comment_lines e
       description = concat [date, status, code, desc] -- , comment]
diff --git a/Ledger/RawLedger.hs b/Ledger/RawLedger.hs
index ffcb0f42d..a15d329cb 100644
--- a/Ledger/RawLedger.hs
+++ b/Ledger/RawLedger.hs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ filterRawLedger begin end pats clearedonly realonly =
     filterRawLedgerEntriesByDate begin end .
     filterRawLedgerEntriesByDescription pats
 
--- | Keep only entries whose description matches the description pattern.
+-- | Keep only entries whose description matches the description patterns.
 filterRawLedgerEntriesByDescription :: [String] -> RawLedger -> RawLedger
 filterRawLedgerEntriesByDescription pats (RawLedger ms ps es f) = 
     RawLedger ms ps (filter matchdesc es) f
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ filterRawLedgerTransactionsByRealness True (RawLedger ms ps es f) =
     RawLedger ms ps (map filtertxns es) f
     where filtertxns e@Entry{etransactions=ts} = e{etransactions=filter isReal ts}
 
+-- | Keep only entries which affect accounts matched by the account patterns.
+filterRawLedgerEntriesByAccount :: [String] -> RawLedger -> RawLedger
+filterRawLedgerEntriesByAccount apats (RawLedger ms ps es f) =
+    RawLedger ms ps (filter (any (matchpats apats . taccount) . etransactions) es) f
+
 -- | Give all a ledger's amounts their canonical display settings.  That
 -- is, in each commodity, amounts will use the display settings of the
 -- first amount detected, and the greatest precision of the amounts
diff --git a/NOTES b/NOTES
index 8aea4ff83..333d55fea 100644
--- a/NOTES
+++ b/NOTES
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ implementations were its consequences." --Niklaus Wirth
 
 * to do
 ** errors
-*** make account balances reflect account filtering
-*** print command doesn't filter by account ?
 *** ? in description or amount gives "too many blank transactions"
 *** parse commented lines at end of file 
 *** display mixed amounts vertically, not horizontally
@@ -67,6 +65,7 @@ implementations were its consequences." --Niklaus Wirth
 *** ledger shows description comments as part of description
 *** ledger shows small time amounts in minutes
 *** ledger can get timelog entry balance wrong, see mail list
+*** hledger print puts a blank line after the entry, not before it
 ** things I want to know
 *** time
 where have I been spending my time in recent weeks ?
diff --git a/PrintCommand.hs b/PrintCommand.hs
index 9c6b2375a..ce99e6164 100644
--- a/PrintCommand.hs
+++ b/PrintCommand.hs
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ print' :: [Opt] -> [String] -> Ledger -> IO ()
 print' opts args l = putStr $ showEntries opts args l
 
 showEntries :: [Opt] -> [String] -> Ledger -> String
-showEntries opts args l = concatMap showEntry $ entries $ rawledger l
+showEntries opts args l = concatMap showEntry $ filteredentries
+    where 
+      filteredentries = entries $ filterRawLedgerEntriesByAccount apats $ rawledger l
+      (apats,_) = parseAccountDescriptionArgs args
diff --git a/Tests.hs b/Tests.hs
index 28f8dfe8d..b5f74a53e 100644
--- a/Tests.hs
+++ b/Tests.hs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ tests = [TestList []
         ,misc_tests
         ,balancereportacctnames_tests
         ,balancecommand_tests
+        ,printcommand_tests
         ,registercommand_tests
         ]
 
@@ -271,6 +272,20 @@ balancecommand_tests = TestList [
       l <- ledgerfromfile pats "sample.ledger"
       assertequal e (showBalanceReport opts pats l)
 
+printcommand_tests = TestList [
+  "print with account patterns" ~:
+  do 
+    let pats = ["expenses"]
+    l <- ledgerfromfile pats "sample.ledger"
+    assertequal (
+     "2007/01/01 * eat & shop\n" ++
+     "    expenses:food                                 $1\n" ++
+     "    expenses:supplies                             $1\n" ++
+     "    assets:cash                                  $-2\n" ++
+     "\n")
+     $ showEntries [] pats l
+  ]
+
 registercommand_tests = TestList [
   "register report" ~:
   do