diff --git a/hledger/hledger.m4.md b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
index 4ebbe987a..cc6e5353d 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.m4.md
+++ b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ You don't need to know everything in here to use hledger productively,
 but when you have a question about functionality, this doc should answer it.
 It is detailed, so do skip ahead or skim when needed.
 You can read it on hledger.org, or as an info manual or man page on your system.
-You can also get it from hledger itself with\
-`hledger --man`, `hledger --info` or `hledger help [TOPIC]`.
+You can also open a built-in copy, at a point of interest, by running\
+`hledger --man [CMD]`, `hledger --info [CMD]` or `hledger help [TOPIC]`.
+
+(And for shorter help, try `hledger --tldr [CMD]`.)
 
 The main function of the hledger CLI is
 to read plain text files describing financial transactions,