diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs
index 165aee930..796419bd4 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Posting.hs
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ module Hledger.Data.Posting (
   concatAccountNames,
   accountNameApplyAliases,
   accountNameApplyAliasesMemo,
-  -- * transaction description operations
-  transactionPayee,
-  transactionNote,
-  payeeAndNoteFromDescription,
   -- * arithmetic
   sumPostings,
   -- * rendering
@@ -233,23 +229,6 @@ postingStatus Posting{pstatus=s, ptransaction=mt}
                                Nothing -> Unmarked
   | otherwise = s
 
-transactionPayee :: Transaction -> Text
-transactionPayee = fst . payeeAndNoteFromDescription . tdescription
-
-transactionNote :: Transaction -> Text
-transactionNote = snd . payeeAndNoteFromDescription . tdescription
-
--- | Parse a transaction's description into payee and note (aka narration) fields,
--- assuming a convention of separating these with | (like Beancount).
--- Ie, everything up to the first | is the payee, everything after it is the note.
--- When there's no |, payee == note == description.
-payeeAndNoteFromDescription :: Text -> (Text,Text)
-payeeAndNoteFromDescription t
-  | T.null n = (t, t)
-  | otherwise = (textstrip p, textstrip $ T.drop 1 n)
-  where
-    (p, n) = T.span (/= '|') t
-
 -- | Tags for this posting including any inherited from its parent transaction.
 postingAllTags :: Posting -> [Tag]
 postingAllTags p = ptags p ++ maybe [] ttags (ptransaction p)
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Transaction.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Transaction.hs
index 8dfc6cb8f..ed5438bb9 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Transaction.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Transaction.hs
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ module Hledger.Data.Transaction (
   transactionDate2,
   -- * arithmetic
   transactionPostingBalances,
+  -- * transaction description parts
+  transactionPayee,
+  transactionNote,
+  -- payeeAndNoteFromDescription,
   -- * rendering
   showTransaction,
   showTransactionUnelided,
@@ -100,6 +104,23 @@ nulltransaction = Transaction {
 transaction :: String -> [Posting] -> Transaction 
 transaction datestr ps = txnTieKnot $ nulltransaction{tdate=parsedate datestr, tpostings=ps}
 
+transactionPayee :: Transaction -> Text
+transactionPayee = fst . payeeAndNoteFromDescription . tdescription
+
+transactionNote :: Transaction -> Text
+transactionNote = snd . payeeAndNoteFromDescription . tdescription
+
+-- | Parse a transaction's description into payee and note (aka narration) fields,
+-- assuming a convention of separating these with | (like Beancount).
+-- Ie, everything up to the first | is the payee, everything after it is the note.
+-- When there's no |, payee == note == description.
+payeeAndNoteFromDescription :: Text -> (Text,Text)
+payeeAndNoteFromDescription t
+  | T.null n = (t, t)
+  | otherwise = (textstrip p, textstrip $ T.drop 1 n)
+  where
+    (p, n) = T.span (/= '|') t
+
 {-|
 Render a journal transaction as text in the style of Ledger's print command.