diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Registermatch.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Registermatch.hs
index d230fadb3..fafd2dcf2 100755
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Registermatch.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Registermatch.hs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ registermatchmode = hledgerCommandMode
   []
   [generalflagsgroup1]
   []
-  ([], Just $ argsFlag "[QUERY]")
+  ([], Just $ argsFlag "DESC")
 
 registermatch :: CliOpts -> Journal -> IO ()
 registermatch opts@CliOpts{rawopts_=rawopts,reportopts_=ropts} j = do