diff --git a/examples/invoicing/README.md b/examples/invoicing/README.md
index 136e3d7cb..55b79c7b3 100644
--- a/examples/invoicing/README.md
+++ b/examples/invoicing/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 Example files related to invoicing and billing:
 
-- **pandoc-bash-hledger-invoice** - a somewhat flexible bash/pandoc script for generating HTML and PDF invoices from hledger data, 
+- **pandoc-bash-hledger-invoice** - a somewhat flexible bash script using pandoc and unix tools to generate HTML and PDF invoices from hledger data,
   based on SM's invoicing setup (2022)
 
-- **pandoc-make-invoice** - a simpler make/pandoc script for generating HTML and PDF invoices, with less hledger integration,
+- **pandoc-make-invoice** - a simpler make file using pandoc to generate HTML and PDF invoices, 
   based on SM's previous setup (2021)
 
 - some examples of invoicing-related journal entries
diff --git a/examples/invoicing/pandoc-make-invoice/Makefile b/examples/invoicing/pandoc-make-invoice/Makefile
index 3b6ff683f..db904d483 100644
--- a/examples/invoicing/pandoc-make-invoice/Makefile
+++ b/examples/invoicing/pandoc-make-invoice/Makefile
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Generates HTML/PDF invoices from a markdown template
 
 help:
-	@echo "make copy     # copy last invoice to YYYYMMab.md, open in emacs"
-	@echo "(edit)"
-	@echo "make invoice  # make YYYYMMab.pdf and YYYYMMab.html, git commit, add invoice transaction to journal"
+	@echo "1. make copy     # copy last invoice to YYYYMMab.md, open in emacs"
+	@echo "2. (edit)"
+	@echo "3. make invoice  # make YYYYMMab.pdf and YYYYMMab.html, git commit, add invoice transaction to journal"
 
 CSS=invoice.css
 LAST=`ls -t 2*md | head -1`
diff --git a/examples/invoicing/pandoc-make-invoice/README.md b/examples/invoicing/pandoc-make-invoice/README.md
index 4dae956f8..fa1080bc3 100644
--- a/examples/invoicing/pandoc-make-invoice/README.md
+++ b/examples/invoicing/pandoc-make-invoice/README.md
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-Scripts adapted from a real-world setup, not guaranteed to be current or working.
+Scripts adapted from a real-world setup, not guaranteed to be current or working. Normal usage:
+
+1. `make copy`     (copy last invoice to YYYYMMab.md, open in emacs)
+2. edit the md file, pasting in appropriate numbers
+3. `make invoice`  (make YYYYMMab.pdf and YYYYMMab.html; git commit; print invoice journal entry)
+