diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Check.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Check.md
index 359ec2b10..80b1df2d5 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Check.md
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Check.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ These other checks are not wanted by everyone, but can be run using the `check`
 - **ordereddates** - within each file, transactions are ordered by date.
   This is a simple and effective error catcher, and you should use it.
   Alas! not everyone wants it. If you do, use `hledger check -s ordereddates`.
-  Note, this check is performed early, before balance assertions
+  When enabled, this check is performed early, before balance assertions
   (because copy-pasted dates are often the root cause of balance assertion failures).
 
 - **payees** - all payees used by transactions [must be declared](#payee-directive).