diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs
index 3f045a4e3..b6be048e0 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ postingStatus Posting{pstatus=s, ptransaction=mt}
 -- | Implicit tags for this transaction.
 transactionImplicitTags :: Transaction -> [Tag]
 transactionImplicitTags t = filter (not . T.null . snd) [("code", tcode t)
-                                                        ,("desc", tdescription t)
+                                                        ,("description", tdescription t)
                                                         ,("payee", tdescription t)
                                                         ]