diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.hs
index b775bf3fc..c6b8082cc 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.hs
@@ -282,10 +282,10 @@ balancemode = hledgerCommandMode
   $(embedFileRelative "Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.txt")
   ([flagNone ["sum"] (setboolopt "sum")
       "show sum of posting amounts (default)"
-   ,flagNone ["valuechange"] (setboolopt "valuechange")
-      "show change of value of period-end historical balances"
    ,flagNone ["budget"] (setboolopt "budget")
       "show sum of posting amounts compared to budget goals defined by periodic transactions\n "
+   ,flagNone ["valuechange"] (setboolopt "valuechange")
+      "show change of value of period-end historical balances"
 
    ,flagNone ["change"] (setboolopt "change")
       "accumulate amounts from column start to column end (in multicolumn reports, default)"