diff --git a/book/src/validator-stake.md b/book/src/validator-stake.md
index 0d67b0a6b3..a320f6ac1c 100644
--- a/book/src/validator-stake.md
+++ b/book/src/validator-stake.md
@@ -2,20 +2,15 @@
 When your validator starts, it will have no stake, which means it will
 ineligible to become leader.
 
-Adding stake can be accomplished by using the `solana-wallet` CLI.  First
-obtain the public key for your validator's vote account with:
-```bash
-$ solana-keygen pubkey ~/validator-config/vote-keypair.json
-```
-This will output a base58-encoded value that looks similar to
-`DhUYZR98qFLLrnHg2HWeGhBQJ9tru7nwdEfYm8L8HdR9`. Then create a stake account
-keypair with `solana-keygen`:
+Adding stake can be accomplished by using the `solana-wallet` CLI
+
+Fire create a stake account keypair with `solana-keygen`:
 ```bash
 $ solana-keygen new -o ~/validator-config/stake-keypair.json
 ```
 and use the wallet's `delegate-stake` command to stake your validator with 42 lamports:
 ```bash
-$ solana-wallet delegate-stake ~/validator-config/stake-keypair.json [VOTE PUBKEY] 42
+$ solana-wallet delegate-stake ~/validator-config/stake-keypair.json ~/validator-vote-keypair.json 42
 ```
 
 Note that stake changes are applied at Epoch boundaries so it can take an hour
@@ -23,7 +18,7 @@ or more for the change to take effect.
 
 Stake can be deactivate by running:
 ```bash
-$ solana-wallet deactivate-stake ~/validator-config/stake-keypair.json [VOTE PUBKEY]
+$ solana-wallet deactivate-stake ~/validator-config/stake-keypair.json ~/validator-vote-keypair.json
 ```
 Note that a stake account may only be used once, so after deactivation, use the
 wallet's `withdraw-stake` command to recover the previously staked lamports.