diff --git a/doc/DEVWORKFLOWS.md b/doc/DEVWORKFLOWS.md
index 4e7b423dd..9482ca593 100644
--- a/doc/DEVWORKFLOWS.md
+++ b/doc/DEVWORKFLOWS.md
@@ -226,4 +226,4 @@ If you find that adding --fast makes this any faster, please update this.
 
 ### Rerun a single functional test as you change it:
 
-    watchexec -w hledger/test/journal/balance-assertions.test just functest -i budget.*19
\ No newline at end of file
+    watchexec -w hledger/test/journal/assertions.test just functest -i budget.*19
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Balancing.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Balancing.hs
index 853b87103..6e24d5de4 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Balancing.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Balancing.hs
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ journalBalanceTransactions bopts' j' =
         ts' <- lift $ getElems balancedtxns
         return j{jtxns=ts'}
 
--- Before #2039: "Costs are removed, which helps eg balance-assertions.test: 15. Mix different commodities and assignments."
+-- Before #2039: "Costs are removed, which helps eg assertions.test: 15. Mix different commodities and assignments."
 
 -- | This function is called statefully on each of a date-ordered sequence of
 -- 1. fully explicit postings from already-balanced transactions and
diff --git a/hledger/test/README.md b/hledger/test/README.md
index 7111c8d0a..eeeb170a5 100644
--- a/hledger/test/README.md
+++ b/hledger/test/README.md
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ Some explanation:
 - `--threads=N` runs tests in parallel which is much faster.
 - `-x` is another spelling of --exclude
 
-Run only the tests matching a regular expression (here, the 19th test in the balance-assertions.test file):
+Run only the tests matching a regular expression (here, the 19th test in the assertions.test file):
 
     $ just functest -i balance-assertions.*19
-    :hledger/test/journal/balance-assertions.test:19: [OK]
+    :hledger/test/journal/assertions.test:19: [OK]
 
              Test Cases  Total      
      Passed  1           1          
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Run only the tests matching a regular expression (here, the 19th test in the bal
 
 Run a specific test repeatedly as its file is changed:
 
-    $ watchexec -w hledger/test/journal/balance-assertions.test just functest -i balance-assertions.*19
+    $ watchexec -w hledger/test/journal/assertions.test just functest -i balance-assertions.*19
     :hledger/test/cli/query-args.test:1: [OK]
 
              Test Cases  Total      
diff --git a/hledger/test/journal/balance-assertions.test b/hledger/test/journal/assertions.test
similarity index 100%
rename from hledger/test/journal/balance-assertions.test
rename to hledger/test/journal/assertions.test