diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Journal.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Journal.hs
index f95baf52e..71c3c7604 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Journal.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Journal.hs
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ import Hledger.Data.TimeLog
 
 
 instance Show Journal where
-    show j = printf "Journal with %d transactions, %d accounts: %s"
+    show j = printf "Journal %s with %d transactions, %d accounts: %s"
+             (filepath j)
              (length (jtxns j) +
               length (jmodifiertxns j) +
               length (jperiodictxns j))