diff --git a/cmd/gossamer/README.md b/cmd/gossamer/README.md
index 107190f2be..31aae6cc92 100644
--- a/cmd/gossamer/README.md
+++ b/cmd/gossamer/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ gossamer version
 ### Initialize the node
 
 ```bash
-gossamer init --chain westend --key alice --basepath /tmp/gossamer
+gossamer init --chain westend --key alice --base-path /tmp/gossamer
 ```
 
 This initialises the node with the default configuration for the `westend` chain with the `alice` keypair at the base-path `/tmp/gossamer`.
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ This initialises the node with the default configuration for the `westend` chain
 Supported flags:
 --chain: The chain spec to initialise the node with. Supported chains are `polkadot`, `kusama`, `westend`, `westend-dev` and `westend_local`. It also accepts the chain-spec json path.
 --key: The keypair to use for the node.
---basepath: The working directory for the node.
+--base-path: The working directory for the node.
 ```
 
 The init command will create the following files in the base-path:
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The node configuration can be modified in the `config.toml` file.
 ### Start the node
 
 ```bash
-gossamer --basepath /tmp/gossamer --key alice
+gossamer --base-path /tmp/gossamer --key alice
 ```
 
 **Note: The `init` command is optional. If the node is not initialised, it will be initialised with the default configuration.**
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ gossamer --basepath /tmp/gossamer --key alice
 Here are the list of basic flags for the `gossamer` command:
 
 ```
---basepath: The working directory for the node.
+--base-path: The working directory for the node.
 --chain: The chain spec to initialise the node with. Supported chains are `polkadot`, `kusama`, `westend`, `westend-dev` and `westend_local`. It also accepts the chain-spec json path.
 --key: The keypair to use for the node.
 --name: The name of the node.
diff --git a/cmd/gossamer/commands/account.go b/cmd/gossamer/commands/account.go
index 92d06302d8..fc1f921872 100644
--- a/cmd/gossamer/commands/account.go
+++ b/cmd/gossamer/commands/account.go
@@ -24,15 +24,13 @@ var AccountCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "account",
 	Short: "Create and manage node keystore accounts",
 	Long: `The account command is used to manage the gossamer keystore.
-Examples: 
+Examples:
 
-To generate a new sr25519 account: 
-	gossamer account generate --keystore-path=path/to/location --scheme=sr25519
-To generate a new ed25519 account: 
-	gossamer account generate --ed25519
-To generate a new secp256k1 account: 
+To generate a new ed25519 account:
+	gossamer account generate --keystore-path=path/to/location --scheme=ed25519
+To generate a new secp256k1 account:
 	gossamer account generate --keystore-path=path/to/location --scheme secp256k1
-To import a keystore file: 
+To import a keystore file:
 	gossamer account import --keystore-path=path/to/location --keystore-file=keystore.json
 To import a raw key:
 	gossamer account import-raw --keystore-path=path/to/location --keystore-file=keystore.json