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@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ title: hledger news
 
 - print: comment positions (same line or next line) are now preserved
 - register: `--average/-A` shows a running average, like ledger
-- queries: `sym:REGEXP` matches (whole) commodity symbols
-- queries: `amt` now uses the = operator by default, eg amt:50 finds amounts equal to 50
+- queries: `sym:REGEXP` matches commodity symbols
+- queries: `amt` now uses the = operator by default, eg `amt:50` finds amounts equal to 50
 - don't break when there are non-ascii characters in CSV files
 - csv: add the `include` directive, useful for factoring out common rules used with multiple CSV files
 - balancesheet: don't bother showing equity, it won't be useful for most of us