diff --git a/libraries/net/node.cpp b/libraries/net/node.cpp
index cf4b8d05af..dc3371e8bb 100644
--- a/libraries/net/node.cpp
+++ b/libraries/net/node.cpp
@@ -5012,6 +5012,9 @@ namespace graphene { namespace net {
          _node_configuration.private_key = fc::ecc::private_key::generate();
       }
 
+      // Private key could have been overridden at this point. Update public key just in case
+      _node_public_key = _node_configuration.private_key.get_public_key().serialize();
+
       if( _node_configuration.desired_number_of_connections > _node_configuration.maximum_number_of_connections )
       {
          wlog( "Reducing desired_number_of_connections from ${x0} to maximum_number_of_connections=${x1}",
diff --git a/libraries/plugins/p2p/p2p_plugin.cpp b/libraries/plugins/p2p/p2p_plugin.cpp
index 020b1f0f50..943d8179d7 100644
--- a/libraries/plugins/p2p/p2p_plugin.cpp
+++ b/libraries/plugins/p2p/p2p_plugin.cpp
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ void p2p_plugin::set_program_options( bpo::options_description& cli, bpo::option
       ("p2p-max-connections", bpo::value<uint32_t>(), "Maxmimum number of incoming connections on P2P endpoint.")
       ("seed-node", bpo::value<vector<string>>()->composing(), "The IP address and port of a remote peer to sync with. Deprecated in favor of p2p-seed-node.")
       ("p2p-seed-node", bpo::value<vector<string>>()->composing(), "The IP address and port of a remote peer to sync with.")
-      ("p2p-parameters", bpo::value<string>()->default_value(fc::json::to_string(graphene::net::node_configuration())), "P2P network parameters")
+      ("p2p-parameters", bpo::value<string>(), ("P2P network parameters. (Default: " + fc::json::to_string(graphene::net::node_configuration()) + " )").c_str() )
       ;
    cli.add_options()
       ("force-validate", bpo::bool_switch()->default_value(false), "Force validation of all transactions. Deprecated in favor of p2p-force-validate" )