diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Types.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Types.hs
index c8ed06ebb..7f80a2c1f 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Types.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Types.hs
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@ data Journal = Journal {
       final_comment_lines :: String,        -- ^ any trailing comments from the journal file
       jContext :: JournalContext,           -- ^ the context (parse state) at the end of parsing
       files :: [(FilePath, String)],        -- ^ the file path and raw text of the main and
-                                           -- any included journal files. The main file is
-                                           -- first followed by any included files in the
-                                           -- order encountered.
+                                            -- any included journal files. The main file is
+                                            -- first followed by any included files in the
+                                            -- order encountered (XXX reversed, cf journalAddFile).
       filereadtime :: ClockTime             -- ^ when this journal was last read from its file(s)
     } deriving (Eq, Typeable)
 
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs
index 595a36d97..1818df982 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ parse _ = -- trace ("running "++format++" reader") .
 
 -- | Flatten a list of JournalUpdate's into a single equivalent one.
 combineJournalUpdates :: [JournalUpdate] -> JournalUpdate
-combineJournalUpdates us = liftM (foldl' (flip (.)) id) $ sequence us
+combineJournalUpdates us = liftM (foldl' (.) id) $ sequence us
 
 -- | Given a JournalUpdate-generating parsec parser, file path and data string,
 -- parse and post-process a Journal so that it's ready to use, or give an error.
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ includedirective = do
 
 journalAddFile :: (FilePath,String) -> Journal -> Journal
 journalAddFile f j@Journal{files=fs} = j{files=fs++[f]}
+  -- XXX currently called in reverse order of includes, I can't see why
 
 accountdirective :: GenParser Char JournalContext JournalUpdate
 accountdirective = do
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Stats.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Stats.hs
index a499f8b41..a14b6a218 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Stats.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Stats.hs
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ showLedgerStats l today span =
       -- w2 = maximum $ map (length . show . snd) stats
       stats = [
          ("Main journal file", path) -- ++ " (from " ++ source ++ ")")
-        ,("Included journal files", unlines $ drop 1 $ journalFilePaths j)
+        ,("Included journal files", unlines $ reverse $ -- cf journalAddFile
+                                    drop 1 $ journalFilePaths j)
         ,("Transactions span", printf "%s to %s (%d days)" (start span) (end span) days)
         ,("Last transaction", maybe "none" show lastdate ++ showelapsed lastelapsed)
         ,("Transactions", printf "%d (%0.1f per day)" tnum txnrate)