diff --git a/cmd/commands/flags.go b/cmd/commands/flags.go
index 980c0b67a1..0c4c477707 100644
--- a/cmd/commands/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/commands/flags.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ var (
 	AmountFlag = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "amount",
 		Value: "",
-		Usage: "Coins to send in transaction of the format <amt><coin>,<amt2><coin2>,... (eg: 1gold,2silver,5btc)",
+		Usage: "Coins to send in transaction of the format <amt><coin>,<amt2><coin2>,... (eg: 1btc,2gold,5silver)",
 	}
 
 	FromFlag = cli.StringFlag{
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ var (
 	FeeFlag = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "fee",
 		Value: "",
-		Usage: "Coins for the transaction fee of the format <amt><coin>,<amt2><coin2>,... (eg: 1gold,2silver,5btc)",
+		Usage: "Coins for the transaction fee of the format <amt><coin>",
 	}
 
 	DataFlag = cli.StringFlag{
diff --git a/types/coin.go b/types/coin.go
index 23dc8f0868..b64f78bc97 100644
--- a/types/coin.go
+++ b/types/coin.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func (coinsA Coins) IsGTE(coinsB Coins) bool {
 	if len(diff) == 0 {
 		return true
 	}
-	return diff.IsPositive()
+	return diff.IsNonnegative()
 }
 
 func (coins Coins) IsZero() bool {