diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index de78563dcb..e2bc7dba6d 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ var (
 		utils.GpoBlocksFlag,
 		utils.GpoPercentileFlag,
 		utils.ExtraDataFlag,
-		utils.ValidatorSetFlag,
+		utils.JoinValidatorSetFlag,
 		configFileFlag,
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/geth/shardingcmd.go b/cmd/geth/shardingcmd.go
index 48d887bf03..66451f9e12 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/shardingcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/shardingcmd.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var (
 		Aliases:   []string{"shard"},
 		Usage:     "Start a sharding client",
 		ArgsUsage: "[endpoint]",
-		Flags:     []cli.Flag{utils.DataDirFlag, utils.PasswordFileFlag, utils.NetworkIdFlag, utils.IPCPathFlag, utils.ValidatorSetFlag},
+		Flags:     []cli.Flag{utils.DataDirFlag, utils.PasswordFileFlag, utils.NetworkIdFlag, utils.IPCPathFlag, utils.JoinValidatorSetFlag},
 		Category:  "SHARDING COMMANDS",
 		Description: `
 Launches a sharding client that connects to a running geth node and proposes collations to a Validator Manager Contract. This feature is a work in progress.
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 98c6e7fc6e..188fdecfd8 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -539,9 +539,9 @@ var (
 	}
 
 	//Sharding Settings
-	ValidatorSetFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
+	JoinValidatorSetFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:  "validator",
-		Usage: "Join validator set",
+		Usage: "To become a validator with your sharding client, 100 ETH will be deposited from user's account into VMC ",
 	}
 )
 
diff --git a/sharding/vmc.go b/sharding/vmc.go
index 9e21436b64..bf6e67e499 100644
--- a/sharding/vmc.go
+++ b/sharding/vmc.go
@@ -56,11 +56,9 @@ func initVMC(c *Client) error {
 // the account is not in the set, it will deposit 100ETH into contract.
 func joinValidatorSet(c *Client) error {
 
-	// TODO: Check if account is already in validator set. Fetch this From
-	// the VMC contract's validator set
-	if c.ctx.GlobalBool(utils.ValidatorSetFlag.Name) {
+	if c.ctx.GlobalBool(utils.JoinValidatorSetFlag.Name) {
 
-		log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Joining Validator Set"))
+		log.Info("Joining validator set")
 		txOps, err := c.createTXOps(depositSize)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to intiate the deposit transaction: %v", err)
@@ -70,10 +68,10 @@ func joinValidatorSet(c *Client) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to deposit eth and become a validator: %v", err)
 		}
-		log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Deposited 100ETH into contract with transaction hash: %s", tx.Hash().String()))
+		log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Deposited %dETH into contract with transaction hash: %s", depositSize, tx.Hash().String()))
 
 	} else {
-		log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Not Joining Validator Set"))
+		log.Info("Not joining validator set")
 
 	}
 	return nil