diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs
index 4617393f7..6e31a034c 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/JournalReader.hs
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ tagdirectivep = do
   lift skipNonNewlineSpaces1
   _ <- lift $ some nonspace
   lift restofline
+  skipMany indentedlinep
   return ()
 
 endtagdirectivep :: JournalParser m ()
diff --git a/hledger/hledger.m4.md b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
index ad1f6079b..5a9cb7917 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.m4.md
+++ b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
@@ -2749,6 +2749,7 @@ capture ACCT REGEX
 check   EXPR
 define  VAR=EXPR
 expr    EXPR
+tag     NAME
 --command-line-flag
 ```
 
diff --git a/hledger/test/ledger-compat/syntax/hledger-other.test b/hledger/test/ledger-compat/syntax/hledger-other.test
index 8f5b007c2..02dfd8adf 100644
--- a/hledger/test/ledger-compat/syntax/hledger-other.test
+++ b/hledger/test/ledger-compat/syntax/hledger-other.test
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ check 1
 define var_name=$100
 expr 1
 N USD
+tag Receipt
+  check value =~ /pattern/
+  assert value != "foobar"
 --command-line-flag
 
 $ hledger -f- check