diff --git a/client/gov/cli/query.go b/client/gov/cli/query.go
index 61d139497..eb780d456 100644
--- a/client/gov/cli/query.go
+++ b/client/gov/cli/query.go
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ func GetCmdPullGovConfig(storeName string, cdc *wire.Codec) *cobra.Command {
 
 			ctx := context.NewCLIContext().WithCodec(cdc)
 			res, err := ctx.QuerySubspace([]byte("Gov/"), storeName)
-			if err == nil {
+			if err == nil && len(res)!=0 {
 				var pd ParameterConfigFile
 				err := pd.WriteFile(cdc, res)
 				return err
diff --git a/modules/gov/params/gov_params.go b/modules/gov/params/gov_params.go
index 0025bb7fe..756f352fa 100644
--- a/modules/gov/params/gov_params.go
+++ b/modules/gov/params/gov_params.go
@@ -293,13 +293,13 @@ func (param *TallyingProcedureParam) Valid(jsonStr string) sdk.Error {
 	if err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonStr), &param.Value); err == nil {
 
 		if param.Value.Threshold.LTE(sdk.NewRat(0)) || param.Value.Threshold.GTE(sdk.NewRat(1)) {
-			return sdk.NewError(iparam.DefaultCodespace, iparam.CodeInvalidThreshold, fmt.Sprintf("VotingPeriod ( "+param.Value.Threshold.String()+" ) should be between 0 and 1"))
+			return sdk.NewError(iparam.DefaultCodespace, iparam.CodeInvalidThreshold, fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Threshold ( "+param.Value.Threshold.String()+" ) should be between 0 and 1"))
 		}
 		if param.Value.GovernancePenalty.LTE(sdk.NewRat(0)) || param.Value.GovernancePenalty.GTE(sdk.NewRat(1)) {
-			return sdk.NewError(iparam.DefaultCodespace, iparam.CodeInvalidGovernancePenalty, fmt.Sprintf("VotingPeriod ( "+param.Value.GovernancePenalty.String()+" ) should be between 0 and 1"))
+			return sdk.NewError(iparam.DefaultCodespace, iparam.CodeInvalidGovernancePenalty, fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Penalty ( "+param.Value.GovernancePenalty.String()+" ) should be between 0 and 1"))
 		}
 		if param.Value.Veto.LTE(sdk.NewRat(0)) || param.Value.Veto.GTE(sdk.NewRat(1)) {
-			return sdk.NewError(iparam.DefaultCodespace, iparam.CodeInvalidVeto, fmt.Sprintf("VotingPeriod ( "+param.Value.Veto.String()+" ) should be between 0 and 1"))
+			return sdk.NewError(iparam.DefaultCodespace, iparam.CodeInvalidVeto, fmt.Sprintf("Invalid Veto ( "+param.Value.Veto.String()+" ) should be between 0 and 1"))
 		}
 
 		return nil