diff --git a/doc/common.m4 b/doc/common.m4
index 8c61e7792..380b50eff 100644
--- a/doc/common.m4
+++ b/doc/common.m4
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ General output/reporting flags (supported by some commands):
 General help flags:
   -h --help                 show command line help
      --tldr                 show command examples with tldr
-     --info                 show the hledger manual with info
-     --man                  show the hledger manual with man
+     --info                 show the manual with info
+     --man                  show the manual with man
      --version              show version information
 ```
 }} )m4_dnl
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIOptions.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIOptions.hs
index 2827f348a..9ca95f539 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIOptions.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIOptions.hs
@@ -80,22 +80,13 @@ uimode =
         [flagNone ["future"] (setboolopt "forecast") "old flag, use --forecast instead"
         ,flagNone ["menu"] (setboolopt "menu") "old flag, menu screen is now the default"
         ]
-      ,groupNamed = mkgeneralflagsgroups1 uihelpflags
+      ,groupNamed = mkgeneralflagsgroups1 helpflags
       }
   ,modeHelpSuffix=[
     -- "Reads your ~/.hledger.journal file, or another specified by $LEDGER_FILE or -f, and starts the full-window TUI."
   ]
   }
 
-uihelpflags :: [Flag RawOpts]
-uihelpflags = [
-  flagNone ["help","h"] (setboolopt "help")    "show command line help"
- ,flagNone ["tldr"]     (setboolopt "tldr")    "show command examples with tldr"
- ,flagNone ["info"]     (setboolopt "info")    "show the hledger-ui manual with info"
- ,flagNone ["man"]      (setboolopt "man")     "show the hledger-ui manual with man"
- ,flagNone ["version"]  (setboolopt "version") "show version information"
- ]
-
 -- hledger-ui options, used in hledger-ui and above
 data UIOpts = UIOpts
   { uoWatch    :: Bool
diff --git a/hledger-web/Hledger/Web/WebOptions.hs b/hledger-web/Hledger/Web/WebOptions.hs
index 6f06e1fb1..0a02bad70 100644
--- a/hledger-web/Hledger/Web/WebOptions.hs
+++ b/hledger-web/Hledger/Web/WebOptions.hs
@@ -113,20 +113,11 @@ webmode =
       Group
       { groupUnnamed = webflags
       , groupHidden = hiddenflags
-      , groupNamed = mkgeneralflagsgroups1 webhelpflags
+      , groupNamed = mkgeneralflagsgroups1 helpflags
       }
   , modeHelpSuffix = []
   }
 
-webhelpflags :: [Flag RawOpts]
-webhelpflags = [
-  flagNone ["help","h"] (setboolopt "help")    "show command line help"
- ,flagNone ["tldr"]     (setboolopt "tldr")    "show command examples with tldr"
- ,flagNone ["info"]     (setboolopt "info")    "show the hledger-web manual with info"
- ,flagNone ["man"]      (setboolopt "man")     "show the hledger-web manual with man"
- ,flagNone ["version"]  (setboolopt "version") "show version information"
- ]
-
 -- hledger-web options, used in hledger-web and above
 data WebOpts = WebOpts
   { serve_              :: !Bool
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli.hs
index 0a33ae4df..15d19fcb3 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli.hs
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ isValue "-"     = True
 isValue ('-':_) = False
 isValue _       = True
 
-flagstomove = inputflags ++ reportflags ++ clihelpflags
+flagstomove = inputflags ++ reportflags ++ helpflags
 noargflagstomove  = concatMap flagNames (filter ((==FlagNone).flagInfo) flagstomove)
   -- silly special case: if someone is abbreviating --tldr, make sure it works right when written before COMMAND
   -- (not needed for --info, --man, --version since their abbreviations are ambiguous)
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/CliOptions.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/CliOptions.hs
index 6bcd52567..4f00a117b 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/CliOptions.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/CliOptions.hs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ module Hledger.Cli.CliOptions (
   -- * cmdargs flags & modes
   inputflags,
   reportflags,
-  clihelpflags,
   helpflags,
   helpflagstitle,
   detailedversionflag,
@@ -240,19 +239,16 @@ reportflags = [
  ,flagReq  ["debug"]    (\s opts -> Right $ setopt "debug" s opts) "[1-9]" "show this level of debug output (default: 1)"
  ]
 
-clihelpflags :: [Flag RawOpts]
-clihelpflags = [
+helpflags :: [Flag RawOpts]
+helpflags = [
   flagNone ["help","h"] (setboolopt "help")    "show command line help"
  ,flagNone ["tldr"]     (setboolopt "tldr")    "show command examples with tldr"
- ,flagNone ["info"]     (setboolopt "info")    "show the hledger manual with info"
- ,flagNone ["man"]      (setboolopt "man")     "show the hledger manual with man"
+ ,flagNone ["info"]     (setboolopt "info")    "show the manual with info"
+ ,flagNone ["man"]      (setboolopt "man")     "show the manual with man"
  ,flagNone ["version"]  (setboolopt "version") "show version information"
  ]
 -- XXX why are these duplicated in defCommandMode below ?
 
--- temp legacy alias
-helpflags = clihelpflags
-
 -- | A hidden flag just for the hledger executable.
 detailedversionflag :: Flag RawOpts
 detailedversionflag = flagNone ["version+"] (setboolopt "version+") "show version information with extra detail"
@@ -327,9 +323,9 @@ helpflagstitle   = "\nGeneral help flags"
 
 -- Several subsets of the standard general flags plus CLI help flags, as separate groups.
 cligeneralflagsgroups1, cligeneralflagsgroups2, cligeneralflagsgroups3 :: [(String, [Flag RawOpts])]
-cligeneralflagsgroups1 = mkgeneralflagsgroups1 clihelpflags
-cligeneralflagsgroups2 = mkgeneralflagsgroups2 clihelpflags
-cligeneralflagsgroups3 = mkgeneralflagsgroups3 clihelpflags
+cligeneralflagsgroups1 = mkgeneralflagsgroups1 helpflags
+cligeneralflagsgroups2 = mkgeneralflagsgroups2 helpflags
+cligeneralflagsgroups3 = mkgeneralflagsgroups3 helpflags
 
 
 -- cmdargs mode constructors
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Help.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Help.hs
index 02cb89c41..d26ad1ff1 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Help.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Help.hs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ helpmode = hledgerCommandMode
   ,flagNone ["m"] (setboolopt "man")   "show the manual with man"
   ,flagNone ["p"] (setboolopt "pager") "show the manual with $PAGER or less\n(less is always used if TOPIC is specified)"
   ]
-  [(helpflagstitle, clihelpflags)]
+  [(helpflagstitle, helpflags)]
   [
     flagReq  ["debug"]    (\s opts -> Right $ setopt "debug" s opts) "[N]" "show debug output (levels 1-9, default: 1)"
   ]