diff --git a/cmd/tendermint/gen_validator.go b/cmd/tendermint/gen_validator.go
index 37f0e299..0fc0e166 100644
--- a/cmd/tendermint/gen_validator.go
+++ b/cmd/tendermint/gen_validator.go
@@ -8,16 +8,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func gen_validator() {
-
 	privValidator := types.GenPrivValidator()
 	privValidatorJSONBytes := wire.JSONBytesPretty(privValidator)
-	fmt.Printf(`Generated a new validator!
-Paste the following JSON into your %v file
-
-%v
-
-`,
-		config.GetString("priv_validator_file"),
-		string(privValidatorJSONBytes),
-	)
+	fmt.Printf(`%v
+`, string(privValidatorJSONBytes))
 }