diff --git a/Ledger/Amount.hs b/Ledger/Amount.hs
index 972c72842..fafca78e9 100644
--- a/Ledger/Amount.hs
+++ b/Ledger/Amount.hs
@@ -141,6 +141,6 @@ nullamt :: MixedAmount
 nullamt = Mixed []
 
 -- | A temporary value for parsed transactions which had no amount specified.
-autoamt :: MixedAmount
-autoamt = Mixed [Amount (Commodity {symbol="AUTO",side=L,spaced=False,comma=False,precision=0}) 0]
+missingamt :: MixedAmount
+missingamt = Mixed [Amount (Commodity {symbol="AUTO",side=L,spaced=False,comma=False,precision=0}) 0]
 
diff --git a/Ledger/Parse.hs b/Ledger/Parse.hs
index 89d7db77b..948f547a1 100644
--- a/Ledger/Parse.hs
+++ b/Ledger/Parse.hs
@@ -305,9 +305,9 @@ transactionamount :: Parser MixedAmount
 transactionamount =
   try (do
         many1 spacenonewline
-        a <- try leftsymbolamount <|> try rightsymbolamount <|> nosymbolamount <|> return autoamt
+        a <- try leftsymbolamount <|> try rightsymbolamount <|> nosymbolamount <|> return missingamt
         return a
-      ) <|> return autoamt
+      ) <|> return missingamt
 
 leftsymbolamount :: Parser MixedAmount
 leftsymbolamount = do
diff --git a/Ledger/RawTransaction.hs b/Ledger/RawTransaction.hs
index 5482a8348..bf7d7e7a5 100644
--- a/Ledger/RawTransaction.hs
+++ b/Ledger/RawTransaction.hs
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ isReal :: RawTransaction -> Bool
 isReal t = rttype t == RegularTransaction
 
 hasAmount :: RawTransaction -> Bool
-hasAmount = (/= autoamt) . tamount
+hasAmount = (/= missingamt) . tamount