diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
index c460c80df..f76f0c5a5 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/Main.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {-|
-hledger-ui - a hledger add-on providing a curses-style interface.
+hledger-ui - a hledger add-on providing an efficient TUI.
 Copyright (c) 2007-2015 Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com>
 Released under GPL version 3 or later.
 -}
diff --git a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIOptions.hs b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIOptions.hs
index dd7f49ad8..4960f3b45 100644
--- a/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIOptions.hs
+++ b/hledger-ui/Hledger/UI/UIOptions.hs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ uiflags = [
 
 --uimode :: Mode RawOpts
 uimode =  (mode "hledger-ui" (setopt "command" "ui" def)
-            "browse accounts, postings and entries in a full-window curses interface"
+            "browse accounts, postings and entries in a full-window TUI"
             (argsFlag "[--menu|--all|--bs|--is|--register=ACCT] [QUERY]") []){
               modeGroupFlags = Group {
                                 groupUnnamed = uiflags
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ uimode =  (mode "hledger-ui" (setopt "command" "ui" def)
                                ,groupNamed = [(generalflagsgroup1)]
                                }
              ,modeHelpSuffix=[
-                  -- "Reads your ~/.hledger.journal file, or another specified by $LEDGER_FILE or -f, and starts the full-window curses ui."
+                  -- "Reads your ~/.hledger.journal file, or another specified by $LEDGER_FILE or -f, and starts the full-window TUI."
                  ]
            }
 
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands.hs
index 070658d05..ba6e21642 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands.hs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ commandsList progversion othercmds = [
   ,""
   ,"Data entry (these commands modify the journal file):"
   ," add                      add transactions using guided prompts"
-  ,"+iadd                     add transactions using curses ui"
+  ,"+iadd                     add transactions using a TUI"
   ," import                   add any new transactions from other files (eg csv)"
   ,""
   ,"Data management:"