diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 5aa8c045f..b0da47077 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-dbcache=<n>", strprintf(_("Set database cache size in megabytes (%d to %d, default: %d)"), nMinDbCache, nMaxDbCache, nDefaultDbCache));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-debuglogfile=<file>", strprintf(_("Specify location of debug log file: this can be an absolute path or a path relative to the data directory (default: %s)"), DEFAULT_DEBUGLOGFILE));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-exportdir=<dir>", _("Specify directory to be used when exporting data"));
-    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-ibdskiptxverification", _("Skip transaction verification during initial block download up to the last checkpoint height. Implies -checkpoints."));
+    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-ibdskiptxverification", strprintf(_("Skip transaction verification during initial block download up to the last checkpoint height. Incompatible with -nocheckpoints. (default = %u)"), DEFAULT_IBD_SKIP_TX_VERIFICATION));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-loadblock=<file>", _("Imports blocks from external blk000??.dat file on startup"));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-maxorphantx=<n>", strprintf(_("Keep at most <n> unconnectable transactions in memory (default: %u)"), DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-par=<n>", strprintf(_("Set the number of script verification threads (%u to %d, 0 = auto, <0 = leave that many cores free, default: %d)"),
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 
     fCheckBlockIndex = GetBoolArg("-checkblockindex", chainparams.DefaultConsistencyChecks());
     fIBDSkipTxVerification = GetBoolArg("-ibdskiptxverification", DEFAULT_IBD_SKIP_TX_VERIFICATION);
-    fCheckpointsEnabled = GetBoolArg("-checkpoints", DEFAULT_CHECKPOINTS_ENABLED) || fIBDSkipTxVerification;
+    fCheckpointsEnabled = GetBoolArg("-checkpoints", DEFAULT_CHECKPOINTS_ENABLED);
 
     // -par=0 means autodetect, but nScriptCheckThreads==0 means no concurrency
     nScriptCheckThreads = GetArg("-par", DEFAULT_SCRIPTCHECK_THREADS);
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index af63768df..3d55c1ba6 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -2712,11 +2712,6 @@ static bool IBDSkipTxVerification(const CChainParams& chainparams, const CBlockI
         && Checkpoints::IsAncestorOfLastCheckpoint(chainparams.Checkpoints(), pindex);
 }
 
-/**
- * - Validate the block with CheckBlock
- * - Check the the CCoinsViewCache's best block is the parent of the block.
- * -
- */
 bool ConnectBlock(const CBlock& block, CValidationState& state, CBlockIndex* pindex,
                   CCoinsViewCache& view, const CChainParams& chainparams, bool fJustCheck)
 {