diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Aregister.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Aregister.hs
index b82257b5c16..322ce7735d1 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Aregister.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Aregister.hs
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ aregistermode = hledgerCommandMode
   --    "show running average of posting amounts instead of total (implies --empty)"
   -- ,flagNone ["related","r"] (setboolopt "related") "show postings' siblings instead"
   ,flagNone ["invert"] (setboolopt "invert") "display all amounts with reversed sign"
-  ,flagNone ["no-header"] (setboolopt "no-header")
-     "omit header row in table output"
+  ,flagReq  ["header"] (\s opts -> Right $ setopt "header" s opts) "YN"
+     "show header row above table: yes (default) or no"
   ,flagReq  ["width","w"] (\s opts -> Right $ setopt "width" s opts) "N"
      ("set output width (default: " ++
 #ifdef mingw32_HOST_OS
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ accountTransactionsReportAsText copts reportq thisacctq items = TB.toLazyText $
               && not (queryIsNull $ filterQuery (not.(\q->queryIsDepth q || queryIsDateOrDate2 q)) reportq)
 
 headeropt :: CliOpts -> Bool
-headeropt = not . boolopt "no-header" . rawopts_
+headeropt = fromMaybe True . maybeynopt "header" . rawopts_
 
 optional :: (Monoid p) => Bool -> p -> p
 optional b x = if b then x else mempty
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Aregister.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Aregister.md
index 4b37320753d..69981923dff 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Aregister.md
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Aregister.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Flags:
      --no-elide             don't show only 2 commodities per amount
      --cumulative           show running total from report start date
      --invert               display all amounts with reversed sign
-     --no-header            omit header row in table output
+     --header=YN            show header row above table: yes (default) or no
   -w --width=N              set output width (default: terminal width or
                             $COLUMNS). -wN,M sets description width as well.
      --align-all            guarantee alignment across all lines (slower)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ at the cost of more time and memory, use the `--align-all` flag.
 By default, `aregister` shows a header above the data.
 However, when reporting in a language different from English,
 it is easier to omit this header and prepend your own one.
-For this purpose, use the `--no-header` option.
+For this purpose, use the `--header=no` option.
 
 This command also supports the
 [output destination](hledger.html#output-destination) and