diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Accounts.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Accounts.hs
index f3b62fa92..82b3058f9 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Accounts.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Accounts.hs
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ import Hledger.Cli.Options
 -- | Command line options for this command.
 accountsmode = (defCommandMode $ ["accounts"] ++ aliases ++ hiddenaliases) {
   modeHelp = "show account names" `withAliases` aliases
+ ,modeHelpSuffix = [
+    "This command lists the accounts referenced by matched postings (and in tree mode, their parents as well). The accounts can be depth-clipped (--depth N or depth:N) or have their leading components dropped (--drop N)."
+   ]
  ,modeGroupFlags = C.Group {
      groupUnnamed = [
       flagNone ["flat"] (\opts -> setboolopt "flat" opts) "show full account names, as a list (default)"