diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66b11e2bdfe8e9..5555776165183e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ As with the leader node, you can run a performance-enhanced validator fullnode b
 `--features=cuda` to the line that runs `solana-fullnode` in `validator.sh`.
 
 ```bash
-$ cargo run --release --features=cuda --bin solana-fullnode -- -l validator.json -t leader.json < genesis.log
+$ cargo run --release --features=cuda --bin solana-fullnode -- -l validator.json -v leader.json < genesis.log
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/multinode-demo/validator.sh b/multinode-demo/validator.sh
index dd6659915c3eae..5bba1005bf078d 100755
--- a/multinode-demo/validator.sh
+++ b/multinode-demo/validator.sh
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ rsync -vz "${leader}"/{mint-demo.json,leader.json,genesis.log,tx-*.log} . || exi
 export RUST_LOG=${RUST_LOG:-solana=info}
 
 cargo run --release --bin solana-fullnode -- \
-      -l validator-"${myip}".json -t leader.json \
+      -l validator-"${myip}".json -v leader.json \
       < genesis.log tx-*.log