diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.hs
index d87a105c4..beb73eb45 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.hs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ addmode = hledgerCommandMode
   [flagNone ["no-new-accounts"]  (setboolopt "no-new-accounts") "don't allow creating new accounts"]
   [generalflagsgroup2]
   []
-  ([], Just $ argsFlag "[QUERY]")
+  ([], Just $ argsFlag "[DATE [DESCRIPTION [ACCOUNT1 [AMOUNT1 [ACCOUNT2 [ETC...]]]]]]")
 
 -- | State used while entering transactions.
 data EntryState = EntryState {
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md
index c337d746f..8aea5ba81 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 add\
 Prompt for transactions and add them to the journal.
+Any arguments will be used as default inputs for the first N prompts.
 
 _FLAGS
 
@@ -61,5 +62,5 @@ Date [2015/05/22]: <CTRL-D> $
 ```
 
 On Microsoft Windows, the add command makes sure that no part of the
-file path ends with a period, as it can cause data loss on that platform
-(cf [#1056](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/1056)).
+file path ends with a period, as that would cause problems
+([#1056](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/1056)).