diff --git a/MANUAL.md b/MANUAL.md
index 270fae568..c5f055afc 100644
--- a/MANUAL.md
+++ b/MANUAL.md
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ each describing a transfer of money (or any commodity) between two or more named
 in a simple format readable by both hledger and humans.
 
 hledger's journal format is a compatible subset, mostly,
-of [c++ ledger's journal format](http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Journal-Format),
-so hledger can work with [compatible](LEDGER.html) c++ ledger journal files as well.
+of [ledger's journal format](http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/doc/ledger3.html#Journal-Format),
+so hledger can work with [compatible](FAQ.html#file-format-differences) ledger journal files as well.
 It's safe, and encouraged, to run both hledger and ledger on the same journal file,
 eg to validate the results you're getting.
 
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ To generate time logs, ie to clock in and clock out, you could:
         alias ti="echo i `date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'` \$* >>$TIMELOG"
         alias to="echo o `date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'` >>$TIMELOG"
 
-- or use the old `ti` and `to` scripts in the [c++ ledger 2.x repository](https://github.com/jwiegley/ledger/tree/maint/scripts).
+- or use the old `ti` and `to` scripts in the [ledger 2.x repository](https://github.com/jwiegley/ledger/tree/maint/scripts).
   These rely on a "timeclock" executable which I think is just the ledger 2 executable renamed.
 
 ## Commands
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ Spaces in smart dates are optional, so eg: `-b lastmonth` is valid.
 hledger supports flexible "period expressions" with the `-p/--period`
 option to select transactions within a period of time (eg in 2009) and/or
 with a reporting interval (eg weekly). hledger period expressions are
-similar but not identical to c++ ledger's.
+similar but not identical to ledger's.
 
 Here is a basic period expression specifying the first quarter of 2009.
 Note the start date is always included and the end date is always excluded:
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 1453b3831..5a174bdf8 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ at 3464 lines of non-test code, 97 tests, 53% test coverage.
 [announcement](http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.finance.ledger.hledger/193)
 
   * price history support (first cut): P directives now work,
-    though differently from c++ ledger. Each posting amount takes its
+    though differently from ledger. Each posting amount takes its
     fixed unit price from the price history (or
     @) when available. This is simple and useful for things like
     foreign currency expenses (but not investment tracking). Like
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ Release stats:
   * don't require quickcheck
   * priced amounts (eg "10h @ $50") and ..basis/..cost/-B flag to
     show them with cost basis
-  * easy ..depth option, equivalent to c++ ledger's -d 'l<=N'
+  * easy ..depth option, equivalent to ledger's -d 'l<=N'
   * smarter y/m/d date parsing for -b and -e (any number of digits,
     month and day default to 1, separator can be / - or .)
   * -n flag for balance command
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ Release stats:
   * build a library, as well as the exe
   * new home page url (http://joyful.com/hledger)
   * publish html and pdf versions of README
-  * detect display preferences for each commodity like c++ ledger
+  * detect display preferences for each commodity like ledger
   * support amounts with multiple currencies/commodities
   * support ..real/-R flag
   * support -C/..cleared flag to filter by entry status (not
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ interest. It can be used for generating simple balance and transaction
 reports from a plain-text general ledger. A home page and mail list has
 also been created.
 
-Immediate plans are to add some more of the most useful features from c++
+Immediate plans are to add some more of the most useful features from 
 ledger, so that hledger can be used for day-to-day finances, and to grow
 the community of contributors.