diff --git a/hledger-lib/hledger_journal.m4.md b/hledger-lib/hledger_journal.m4.md
index f4fab8112..7548715fd 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/hledger_journal.m4.md
+++ b/hledger-lib/hledger_journal.m4.md
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ An account directive can also have indented subdirectives following it, which ar
 ; account ACCTNAME
 ;   [OPTIONALSUBDIRECTIVES]
 
-account assets:bank:checking   1110
+account assets:bank:checking
   a comment
   some-tag:12345
 ```