diff --git a/hledger-lib/hledger_timedot.5.md b/hledger-lib/hledger_timedot.5.md
index 3ebfb11c7..63f308c6b 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/hledger_timedot.5.md
+++ b/hledger-lib/hledger_timedot.5.md
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ Balance changes in 2016/02/01-2016/02/03:
 ```
 
 I'd prefer to use period for separating account components.
-We can rewrite these to the colon hledger requires with --alias:
+We can rewrite these to the colon hledger requires with an
+[account alias](#account-aliases):
 
 ```timedot
 2016/2/4
diff --git a/site/manual.md b/site/manual.md
index 7fc97156e..f365b41a0 100644
--- a/site/manual.md
+++ b/site/manual.md
@@ -928,7 +928,8 @@ Balance changes in 2016/02/01-2016/02/03:
 ```
 
 I'd prefer to use period for separating account components.
-We can rewrite these to the colon hledger requires with --alias:
+We can rewrite these to the colon hledger requires with an
+[account alias](#account-aliases):
 
 ```timedot
 2016/2/4