diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md
index 254ee8fc9..95f971900 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md
@@ -66,12 +66,3 @@ Also, each time you enter a new amount, hledger re-checks all balance assertions
 and rejects the new amount if it would make any of them fail.
 You can run `add` with `-I`/`--ignore-assertions` to disable balance assertion checking.
 
-## add and balance assignments
-
-You can add a [balance assignment](#balance-assignments) by writing just `= BALANCE` when asked for an amount.
-The missing amount will be calculated automatically.
-
-`add` normally won't let you add a new posting which is dated earlier than an existing balance assignment.
-(Because when `add` runs, existing balance assignments have already been calculated and converted to explicit amounts plus balance assertions.)
-You can work around this by disabling balance assertion checking with `-I`.
-