diff --git a/crypto/keyring/keyring.go b/crypto/keyring/keyring.go
index ef1cec74fd..7cd3bd3107 100644
--- a/crypto/keyring/keyring.go
+++ b/crypto/keyring/keyring.go
@@ -482,11 +482,11 @@ func (ks keystore) Delete(uid string) error {
 func (ks keystore) KeyByAddress(address sdk.Address) (*Record, error) {
 	ik, err := ks.db.Get(addrHexKeyAsString(address))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, wrapKeyNotFound(err, fmt.Sprint("key with address ", address.String(), "not found"))
+		return nil, wrapKeyNotFound(err, fmt.Sprintf("key with address %s not found", address.String()))
 	}
 
 	if len(ik.Data) == 0 {
-		return nil, wrapKeyNotFound(err, fmt.Sprint("key with address ", address.String(), "not found"))
+		return nil, wrapKeyNotFound(err, fmt.Sprintf("key with address %s not found", address.String()))
 	}
 
 	return ks.Key(string(ik.Data))
diff --git a/x/group/client/cli/tx.go b/x/group/client/cli/tx.go
index 3f01be2f73..3a3602f874 100644
--- a/x/group/client/cli/tx.go
+++ b/x/group/client/cli/tx.go
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ Example:
 }`, version.AppName),
 		Args: cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			prop, err := parseCLIProposal(args[0])
+			prop, err := getCLIProposal(args[0])
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/x/group/client/cli/util.go b/x/group/client/cli/util.go
index 2c187bdd70..e7ac279985 100644
--- a/x/group/client/cli/util.go
+++ b/x/group/client/cli/util.go
@@ -42,23 +42,25 @@ func execFromString(execStr string) group.Exec {
 
 // CLIProposal defines a Msg-based group proposal for CLI purposes.
 type CLIProposal struct {
-	GroupPolicyAddress string
+	GroupPolicyAddress string `json:"group_policy_address"`
 	// Messages defines an array of sdk.Msgs proto-JSON-encoded as Anys.
-	Messages  []json.RawMessage
-	Metadata  string
-	Proposers []string
+	Messages  []json.RawMessage `json:"messages"`
+	Metadata  string            `json:"metadata"`
+	Proposers []string          `json:"proposers"`
 }
 
-func parseCLIProposal(path string) (CLIProposal, error) {
-	var p CLIProposal
-
+func getCLIProposal(path string) (CLIProposal, error) {
 	contents, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return CLIProposal{}, err
 	}
 
-	err = json.Unmarshal(contents, &p)
-	if err != nil {
+	return parseCLIProposal(contents)
+}
+
+func parseCLIProposal(contents []byte) (CLIProposal, error) {
+	var p CLIProposal
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(contents, &p); err != nil {
 		return CLIProposal{}, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/x/group/client/cli/util_test.go b/x/group/client/cli/util_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d0b0d1994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/group/client/cli/util_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func Test_ParseCLIProposal(t *testing.T) {
+	data := []byte(`{
+			"group_policy_address": "cosmos15r295x4994egvckteam9skazy9kvfvzpak4naf",
+			"messages": [
+			  {
+				"@type": "/cosmos.bank.v1beta1.MsgSend",
+				"from_address": "cosmos15r295x4994egvckteam9skazy9kvfvzpak4naf",
+				"to_address": "cosmos15r295x4994egvckteam9skazy9kvfvzpak4naf",
+				"amount":[{"denom": "stake","amount": "10"}]
+			  }
+			],
+			"metadata": "4pIMOgIGx1vZGU=",
+			"proposers": ["cosmos15r295x4994egvckteam9skazy9kvfvzpak4naf"]
+		}`)
+
+	result, err := parseCLIProposal(data)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, result.GroupPolicyAddress, "cosmos15r295x4994egvckteam9skazy9kvfvzpak4naf")
+	require.NotEmpty(t, result.Metadata)
+	require.Equal(t, result.Metadata, "4pIMOgIGx1vZGU=")
+	require.Equal(t, result.Proposers, []string{"cosmos15r295x4994egvckteam9skazy9kvfvzpak4naf"})
+}