diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Aregister.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Aregister.hs
index 84fa66532..25c1a2b2e 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Aregister.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Aregister.hs
@@ -161,12 +161,18 @@ accountTransactionsReportAsText copts reportq thisacctq items = TB.toLazyText $
     itembal (_,_,_,_,_,a) = a
 
     -- show a title indicating which account was picked, which can be confusing otherwise
-    title = maybe mempty (\s -> foldMap TB.fromText ["Transactions in ", s, " and subaccounts:"]) macct
+    title = maybe mempty (\s -> foldMap TB.fromText ["Transactions in ", s, " and subaccounts", qmsg, ":"]) macct
       where
         -- XXX temporary hack ? recover the account name from the query
         macct = case filterQuery queryIsAcct thisacctq of
                   Acct r -> Just . T.drop 1 . T.dropEnd 5 $ reString r  -- Acct "^JS:expenses(:|$)"
                   _      -> Nothing  -- shouldn't happen
+        -- show a hint in the title when results are restricted by an extra query (other than depth or date or date2)
+        qmsg = if hasextraquery then " (matching query)" else ""
+          where
+            hasextraquery =
+              length (querystring_ $ _rsReportOpts $ reportspec_ copts) > 1
+              && not (queryIsNull $ filterQuery (not.(\q->queryIsDepth q || queryIsDateOrDate2 q)) reportq)
 
 -- | Render one account register report line item as plain text. Layout is like so:
 -- @
diff --git a/hledger/test/aregister.test b/hledger/test/aregister.test
index 0d0ba9d3a..91761d092 100644
--- a/hledger/test/aregister.test
+++ b/hledger/test/aregister.test
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ Transactions in a and subaccounts:
 2021-01-02                      a:aa                            10            11
 2021-01-03                      a:aa:aaa                       100           111
 
-# 4. Any additional arguments are a query, filtering the transactions. This may
-# cause the running balance to diverge from the real-world running balance.
+# 4. Any additional arguments are a query filtering the transactions.
+# This can cause the running balance to diverge from the real-world running balance.
+# For non-date/date2/depth queries, a hint is shown in the title.
 $ hledger -f- areg a aaa
-Transactions in a and subaccounts:
+Transactions in a and subaccounts (matching query):
 2021-01-03                      a:aa:aaa                       100           100
 
 # 5. Sorts transactions first by transaction date (earliest date of the
diff --git a/hledger/test/journal/amounts-and-commodities.test b/hledger/test/journal/amounts-and-commodities.test
index f16bc76a3..3ea153e87 100644
--- a/hledger/test/journal/amounts-and-commodities.test
+++ b/hledger/test/journal/amounts-and-commodities.test
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ $ hledger -f- register -V -B cur:A "amt:<5"
 
 # 24. aregister report cur: and amt: query matches currency before valuation/cost
 $ hledger -f- aregister a -V -B cur:A "amt:<5"
-Transactions in a and subaccounts:
+Transactions in a and subaccounts (matching query):
 2021-01-01                      a                           1000 B        1000 B
 >=