doc: journal: clarify account aliases doc

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@ -858,6 +858,9 @@ before generating reports). hledger's account aliases can be useful for:
- experimenting with new account organisations, like a new hierarchy or combining two accounts into one - experimenting with new account organisations, like a new hierarchy or combining two accounts into one
- customising reports - customising reports
Account aliases also affect [account directives](#declaring-accounts).
They do not affect account names being entered via hledger add or hledger-web.
See also [Cookbook: Rewrite account names](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Rewrite-account-names). See also [Cookbook: Rewrite account names](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Rewrite-account-names).
#### Basic aliases #### Basic aliases
@ -928,9 +931,6 @@ You can clear (forget) all currently defined aliases with the `end aliases` dire
end aliases end aliases
``` ```
Account aliases also affect [account directives](#declaring-accounts).
They do not affect account names being entered via hledger add or hledger-web.
### Default parent account ### Default parent account
You can specify a parent account which will be prepended to all accounts You can specify a parent account which will be prepended to all accounts