diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Close.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Close.md
index bfc2fdcbc..8b6fc85c2 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Close.md
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Close.md
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ will be generated for each commodity.
 With `--interleaved`, each equity posting is shown next to the 
 corresponding source/destination posting.
 
-The default closing date is yesterday or the journal's end date, whichever is later.
-You can change this by specifying a [report end date](#report-start--end-date);
-the last day of the report period will be the closing date.
-Eg `-e 2022` means "close on 2022-12-31".
-
 The default closing date is yesterday, or the journal's end date, whichever is later.
 You can change this by specifying a [report end date](#report-start--end-date);
 (The report start date does not matter.)
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Close.txt b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Close.txt
index b745bfbf6..7a6a85005 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Close.txt
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Close.txt
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@ each commodity.
 With --interleaved, each equity posting is shown next to the
 corresponding source/destination posting.
 
-The default closing date is yesterday or the journal's end date,
-whichever is later. You can change this by specifying a report end date;
-the last day of the report period will be the closing date. Eg -e 2022
-means "close on 2022-12-31".
-
 The default closing date is yesterday, or the journal's end date,
 whichever is later. You can change this by specifying a report end date;
 (The report start date does not matter.) The last day of the report