diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.hs
index 370b566bb..cacdf75aa 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.hs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import Control.Monad (forM_)
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
 import Control.Monad.Extra (concatMapM)
 
+import System.Console.CmdArgs.Explicit (expandArgsAt)
 import System.Directory (doesFileExist)
 import System.IO.Unsafe (unsafePerformIO)
 import System.Console.Haskeline
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ parseCommand line =
 
 runCommand :: (String -> Maybe (Mode RawOpts, CliOpts -> Journal -> IO ())) -> [String] -> IO ()
 runCommand findBuiltinCommand cmdline = do
-  dbg1IO "running command" cmdline
+  dbg1IO "runCommand for" cmdline
   -- # begins a comment, ignore everything after #
   case cmdline of
     "echo":args -> putStrLn $ unwords $ args
@@ -100,7 +101,11 @@ runCommand findBuiltinCommand cmdline = do
       case findBuiltinCommand cmdname of
       Nothing -> putStrLn $ unwords (cmdname:args)
       Just (cmdmode,cmdaction) -> do
-        opts <- getHledgerCliOpts' cmdmode args
+        -- Normally expandArgsAt is done by the Cli.hs, but it stops at the first '--', so we need
+        -- to do it here as well to make sure that each command can use @ARGFILEs 
+        args' <- expandArgsAt args
+        dbg1IO "runCommand final args" (cmdname,args')
+        opts <- getHledgerCliOpts' cmdmode args'
         withJournalCached opts (cmdaction opts)
     [] -> return ()
 
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.md
index ed4178536..3d330b4d4 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.md
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.md
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ You can use `#!/usr/bin/env hledger run` in the first line of the file to make i
 
 - If you meant to provide file name as an argument, but made a mistake and a gave file name that does not exist, "run" will attempt to interpret it as a command.
 
-- Numeric flags like `-3` do not work, use long form `--depth 3`
-
 - You can pass `-f` to the `run` itself, and also to any commands given after it (or in the command file, or via REPL). When specific command does not have `-f` in its flags, it will use the journal(s) specified in the arguments of `run`. If command does have `-f` flag, this journal would be read and its contents would be cache, so if several commands specify the same `-f` flag, they will read the journal only once.
 
 ### Examples:
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.txt b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.txt
index 57758c796..e6a06f8de 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.txt
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.txt
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ Caveats:
     and a gave file name that does not exist, "run" will attempt to
     interpret it as a command.
 
--   Numeric flags like -3 do not work, use long form --depth 3
-
 -   You can pass -f to the run itself, and also to any commands given
     after it (or in the command file, or via REPL). When specific
     command does not have -f in its flags, it will use the journal(s)