diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.txt b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.txt
index dab9261e9..5a06aa35f 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.txt
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balance.txt
@@ -268,12 +268,12 @@ data:
 -   --layout=bare: amounts are shown as bare numbers, with commodity
     symbols in a separate column
 -   --layout=tidy: data is normalised to tidy form, with one row per
-    data value. This is supported with CSV output format only. Totals
-    and row averages are disabled in this mode (-N/--no-total is implied
+    data value. We currently support this with CSV output only. In tidy
+    mode, totals and row averages are disabled (-N/--no-total is implied
     and -T/--row-total and -A/--average will be ignored).
 
-These --layout values affect some but not all of the output formats, as
-shown:
+These --layout modes are supported with some but not all of the output
+formats:
 
   -      txt   csv   html   json   sql
   ------ ----- ----- ------ ------ -----
@@ -366,41 +366,25 @@ Examples:
 -   Tidy layout produces normalised "tidy data", where every variable is
     a column and each row represents a single data point (see
     https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/tidyr/vignettes/tidy-data.html).
-    This is the form of data most easily processed by other software.
-    Currently we support it with the CSV output format only:
+    This kind of data is the easiest to process with other software:
 
-    $ hledger -f examples/bcexample.hledger bal assets:us:etrade -3 -O csv --layout=tidy -Y
-    "account","date","commodity","value"
-    "Assets:US:ETrade","2012","GLD","0"
-    "Assets:US:ETrade","2012","ITOT","10.00"
-    "Assets:US:ETrade","2012","USD","337.18"
-    "Assets:US:ETrade","2012","VEA","12.00"
-    "Assets:US:ETrade","2012","VHT","106.00"
-    "Assets:US:ETrade","2013","GLD","70.00"
-    "Assets:US:ETrade","2013","ITOT","18.00"
-    "Assets:US:ETrade","2013","USD","-98.12"
-    "Assets:US:ETrade","2013","VEA","10.00"
-    "Assets:US:ETrade","2013","VHT","18.00"
-    "Assets:US:ETrade","2014","GLD","0"
-    "Assets:US:ETrade","2014","ITOT","-11.00"
-    "Assets:US:ETrade","2014","USD","4881.44"
-    "Assets:US:ETrade","2014","VEA","14.00"
-    "Assets:US:ETrade","2014","VHT","170.00"
-    "total","2012","GLD","0"
-    "total","2012","ITOT","10.00"
-    "total","2012","USD","337.18"
-    "total","2012","VEA","12.00"
-    "total","2012","VHT","106.00"
-    "total","2013","GLD","70.00"
-    "total","2013","ITOT","18.00"
-    "total","2013","USD","-98.12"
-    "total","2013","VEA","10.00"
-    "total","2013","VHT","18.00"
-    "total","2014","GLD","0"
-    "total","2014","ITOT","-11.00"
-    "total","2014","USD","4881.44"
-    "total","2014","VEA","14.00"
-    "total","2014","VHT","170.00"
+    $ hledger -f examples/bcexample.hledger bal assets:us:etrade -3 -Y -O csv --layout=tidy
+    "account","period","start_date","end_date","commodity","value"
+    "Assets:US:ETrade","2012","2012-01-01","2012-12-31","GLD","0"
+    "Assets:US:ETrade","2012","2012-01-01","2012-12-31","ITOT","10.00"
+    "Assets:US:ETrade","2012","2012-01-01","2012-12-31","USD","337.18"
+    "Assets:US:ETrade","2012","2012-01-01","2012-12-31","VEA","12.00"
+    "Assets:US:ETrade","2012","2012-01-01","2012-12-31","VHT","106.00"
+    "Assets:US:ETrade","2013","2013-01-01","2013-12-31","GLD","70.00"
+    "Assets:US:ETrade","2013","2013-01-01","2013-12-31","ITOT","18.00"
+    "Assets:US:ETrade","2013","2013-01-01","2013-12-31","USD","-98.12"
+    "Assets:US:ETrade","2013","2013-01-01","2013-12-31","VEA","10.00"
+    "Assets:US:ETrade","2013","2013-01-01","2013-12-31","VHT","18.00"
+    "Assets:US:ETrade","2014","2014-01-01","2014-12-31","GLD","0"
+    "Assets:US:ETrade","2014","2014-01-01","2014-12-31","ITOT","-11.00"
+    "Assets:US:ETrade","2014","2014-01-01","2014-12-31","USD","4881.44"
+    "Assets:US:ETrade","2014","2014-01-01","2014-12-31","VEA","14.00"
+    "Assets:US:ETrade","2014","2014-01-01","2014-12-31","VHT","170.00"
 
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