diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
index 92b750dec..895ca5fe8 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ runBrickUi uopts@UIOpts{cliopts_=copts@CliOpts{reportopts_=ropts}} j = do
             query_=unwords $ -- as in ReportOptions, with same limitations
                    [v | (k,v) <- rawopts_ copts, k=="args", not $ "depth" `isPrefixOf` v],
             -- show items with zero amount by default, unlike the CLI
-            empty_=True
+            empty_=True,
+            -- always disable boring account name eliding, unlike the CLI, for a more regular tree
+            no_elide_=True
             }
          }
       }
diff --git a/hledger-ui/doc/hledger-ui.1.m4.md b/hledger-ui/doc/hledger-ui.1.m4.md
index a6802bceb..c450ea712 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/doc/hledger-ui.1.m4.md
+++ b/hledger-ui/doc/hledger-ui.1.m4.md
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ Any QUERYARGS are interpreted as a hledger search query which filters the data.
 `--flat`
 : show full account names, unindented
 
-`--no-elide`
-: don't compress empty parent accounts on one line
-
 `--register=ACCTREGEX`
 : start in the (first) matched account's register screen