diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f0a14c..6f98e86 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ To stop time-tracking completely, simply move to the root of all tasks.
 - `TASK` - create task
   + prefix with space if you want a task to start with a command character
   + copy in text with newlines to create one task per line
-- `.` - clear filters
+- `.` - clear all filters
 - `.TASK`
   + activate task by id
   + match by task name prefix: if one or more tasks match, filter / activate (tries case-sensitive then case-insensitive)
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ Dot or slash can be repeated to move to parent tasks before acting.
 
 Property Filters:
 
-- `#TAG1 TAG2` - set tag filter (empty: list all used tags)
-- `+TAG` - add tag filter
-- `-TAG` - remove tag filters by prefix
+- `#TAG1 TAG2` - set tag filter
+- `+TAG` - add tag filter (empty: list all used tags)
+- `-TAG` - remove tag filters (by prefix)
 - `?STATUS` - filter by status (type or description) - plain `?` to reset, `??` to show all
 - `@AUTHOR` - filter by time or author (pubkey, or `@` for self, TBI: id prefix, name prefix)
 - TBI: `**INT` - filter by priority
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 84d29a6..75d6e00 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -536,24 +536,24 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
                         }
 
                     Some('#') =>
-                        match arg {
-                            Some(arg) => tasks.set_tags(arg.split_whitespace().map(|s| Hashtag(s.to_string()).into())),
-                            None => {
-                                println!("Hashtags of all known tasks:\n{}", tasks.all_hashtags().join(" "));
-                                continue;
-                            }
-                        }
+                        tasks.set_tags(arg_default.split_whitespace().map(|s| Hashtag(s.to_string()).into())),
 
                     Some('+') =>
                         match arg {
                             Some(arg) => tasks.add_tag(arg.to_string()),
-                            None => tasks.clear_filter()
+                            None => {
+                                println!("Hashtags of all known tasks:\n{}", tasks.all_hashtags().join(" ").italic());
+                                if tasks.has_tag_filter() {
+                                    println!("Use # to remove tag filters and . to remove all filters.")
+                                }
+                                continue;
+                            }
                         }
 
                     Some('-') =>
                         match arg {
                             Some(arg) => tasks.remove_tag(arg),
-                            None => tasks.clear_filter()
+                            None => tasks.clear_filters()
                         }
 
                     Some('(') => {
@@ -597,6 +597,8 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
                             tasks.move_to(pos.cloned());
                             if dots > 1 {
                                 info!("Moving up {} tasks", dots - 1)
+                            } else {
+                                tasks.clear_filters();
                             }
                         } else if let Ok(depth) = slice.parse::<i8>() {
                             if pos != tasks.get_position_ref() {
diff --git a/src/tasks.rs b/src/tasks.rs
index 9c23125..54ac948 100644
--- a/src/tasks.rs
+++ b/src/tasks.rs
@@ -505,15 +505,18 @@ impl Tasks {
         self.view = view;
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn clear_filter(&mut self) {
+    pub(crate) fn clear_filters(&mut self) {
         self.view.clear();
         self.tags.clear();
         self.tags_excluded.clear();
         info!("Removed all filters");
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn has_tag_filter(&self) -> bool {
+        !self.tags.is_empty() || !self.tags_excluded.is_empty()
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn set_tags(&mut self, tags: impl IntoIterator<Item=Tag>) {
-        self.tags_excluded.clear();
         self.tags.clear();
         self.tags.extend(tags);
     }