diff --git a/doc/common.m4 b/doc/common.m4
index d83c7893d..4b6bf9b8a 100644
--- a/doc/common.m4
+++ b/doc/common.m4
@@ -254,10 +254,10 @@ On Windows computers, the default value is probably `C:\Users\YOURNAME\.hledger.
 You can change this by running a command like this in a powershell window
 (let us know if you need to be an Administrator, and if this persists across a reboot):
 ```
-> setx LEDGER_FILE "C:\Users\MyUserName\finance\2021.journal"
+> setx LEDGER_FILE "C:\Users\MyUserName\finance\2023.journal"
 ```
 
-Or, change it in settings: see https://www.java.com/en/download/help/path.html.
+Or, change it in settings: see <https://www.java.com/en/download/help/path.html>.
 
 }} )m4_dnl
 m4_dnl
diff --git a/hledger/hledger.m4.md b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
index 8f7aedb5b..d84d22f4d 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.m4.md
+++ b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
@@ -342,10 +342,10 @@ hledger reads transactions from one or more data files.
 The default data file is `$HOME/.hledger.journal`
 (or on Windows, something like `C:\Users\YOURNAME\.hledger.journal`).
 
-You can override this with the `$LEDGER_FILE` environment variable:
+You can override this with the `LEDGER_FILE` environment variable:
 
 ```shell
-$ setenv LEDGER_FILE ~/finance/2016.journal
+$ export LEDGER_FILE=~/finance/2023.journal
 $ hledger stats
 ```