diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.md
index 78ba96d54..da419835e 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.md
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.md
@@ -373,11 +373,11 @@ Examples:
 
 Here is how `--layout` currently affects the various [output formats](#output-format):
 
-|        | txt | csv | html | json | sql |
-|--------|-----|-----|------|------|-----|
-| `wide` | Y   | Y   | Y    |      |     |
-| `tall` | Y   | Y   | Y    |      |     |
-| `bare` | Y   | Y   | Y    |      |     |
+| -    | txt | csv | html | json | sql |
+|------|-----|-----|------|------|-----|
+| wide | Y   | Y   | Y    |      |     |
+| tall | Y   | Y   | Y    |      |     |
+| bare | Y   | Y   | Y    |      |     |
 
 
 ### Sorting by amount
diff --git a/hledger/hledger.m4.md b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
index 341387bb4..5471d7c33 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.m4.md
+++ b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
@@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ This is controlled by the `--pretty` option:
 Some commands offer additional output formats, other than the usual plain text terminal output.
 Here are those commands and the formats currently supported:
 
-|                    | txt   | csv   | html    | json | sql |
+| -                  | txt   | csv   | html    | json | sql |
 |--------------------|-------|-------|---------|------|-----|
 | aregister          | Y     | Y     |         | Y    |     |
 | balance            | Y *<sup>1</sup>* | Y *<sup>1</sup>* | Y *<sup>1,2</sup>* | Y    |     |