diff --git a/cmd/create/cmdflags.go b/cmd/create/cmdflags.go
index 654e723..ad04a44 100644
--- a/cmd/create/cmdflags.go
+++ b/cmd/create/cmdflags.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func AddCreateFlags(createCmd *cobra.Command) {
 	createCmd.Flags().Bool("secvenabled", false,
 		"Enable generation of validate.go file using protoc-gen-secv, defaults to false")
 	createCmd.Flags().Bool("validate", false,
-		"Enable generation of validate.go file using protoc-gen-validate, defaults to false")
+		"Enable generation of validate.pb.go file using protoc-gen-validate, defaults to false")
 	createCmd.Flags().String("kvfile", "",
 		"Provide a json file path to unmarshal into key-value pairs (KVs) for usage in template files")
 	createCmd.Flags().String("kvrawjson", "",
diff --git a/cmd/create/generate.go b/cmd/create/generate.go
index b9afe29..3b75bd1 100644
--- a/cmd/create/generate.go
+++ b/cmd/create/generate.go
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func (g *genDependencyRPCStubParam) genDependencyRPCStubPB() error {
 			searchPath, g.fname, g.option.Language, g.outputDir,
 			append(opts, pb.WithSecvEnabled(true))...,
 		); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("generate validation file for %s err: %w", g.fname, err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("generate secv file for %s err: %w", g.fname, err)
 		}
 	}
 	// Run protoc-gen-validate.
diff --git a/util/pb/option.go b/util/pb/option.go
index 9f5c245..84ee691 100644
--- a/util/pb/option.go
+++ b/util/pb/option.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func WithSecvEnabled(enabled bool) Option {
 // https://github.com/bufbuild/protoc-gen-validate/tree/v1.0.2
 func WithValidateEnabled(enabled bool) Option {
 	return func(o *options) {
-		o.secvEnabled = enabled
+		o.validationEnabled = enabled
 	}
 }