diff --git a/docs/run-node/run-node.md b/docs/run-node/run-node.md
index 768726d602d8..393172b9aa0c 100644
--- a/docs/run-node/run-node.md
+++ b/docs/run-node/run-node.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Now that your account has some tokens, you need to add a validator to your chain
 
 ```bash
 # Create a gentx.
-simd gentx my_validator --amount 100000stake --chain-id my-test-chain --keyring-backend test
+simd gentx my_validator 100000stake --chain-id my-test-chain --keyring-backend test
 
 # Add the gentx to the genesis file.
 simd collect-gentxs
diff --git a/docs/using-the-sdk/cosmovisor.md b/docs/using-the-sdk/cosmovisor.md
index 870bbae236b2..56ee5f7fa7bb 100644
--- a/docs/using-the-sdk/cosmovisor.md
+++ b/docs/using-the-sdk/cosmovisor.md
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ rm -rf $HOME/.simapp
 ./build/simd keys --keyring-backend=test add validator
 ./build/simd init testing --chain-id test
 ./build/simd add-genesis-account --keyring-backend=test $(./build/simd keys --keyring-backend=test show validator -a) 1000000000stake,1000000000validatortoken
-./build/simd gentx --keyring-backend test --chain-id test validator
+./build/simd gentx --keyring-backend test --chain-id test validator 100000stake
 ./build/simd collect-gentxs
 ```
 
diff --git a/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx.go b/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx.go
index 6ded1b76b9dd..200d038f627a 100644
--- a/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx.go
+++ b/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx.go
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ func GenTxCmd(mbm module.BasicManager, txEncCfg client.TxEncodingConfig, genBalI
 	fsCreateValidator, defaultsDesc := cli.CreateValidatorMsgFlagSet(ipDefault)
 
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "gentx [key_name]",
+		Use:   "gentx [key_name] [amount]",
 		Short: "Generate a genesis tx carrying a self delegation",
-		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(2),
 		Long: fmt.Sprintf(`Generate a genesis transaction that creates a validator with a self-delegation,
 that is signed by the key in the Keyring referenced by a given name. A node ID and Bech32 consensus
 pubkey may optionally be provided. If they are omitted, they will be retrieved from the priv_validator.json
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ file. The following default parameters are included:
     %s
 
 Example:
-$ %s gentx my-key-name --home=/path/to/home/dir --keyring-backend=os --chain-id=test-chain-1 \
-    --amount=1000000stake \
+$ %s gentx my-key-name 1000000stake --home=/path/to/home/dir --keyring-backend=os --chain-id=test-chain-1 \
     --moniker="myvalidator" \
     --commission-max-change-rate=0.01 \
     --commission-max-rate=1.0 \
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ $ %s gentx my-key-name --home=/path/to/home/dir --keyring-backend=os --chain-id=
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "error creating configuration to create validator msg")
 			}
 
-			amount, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(cli.FlagAmount)
+			amount := args[1]
 			coins, err := sdk.ParseCoinsNormalized(amount)
 			if err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to parse coins")
diff --git a/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx_test.go b/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx_test.go
index a433a97643d2..bbea1818ddb5 100644
--- a/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx_test.go
+++ b/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestGenTxCmd() {
 		fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", flags.FlagChainID, s.network.Config.ChainID),
 		fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", flags.FlagOutputDocument, genTxFile),
 		val.Moniker,
+		sdk.NewCoin(s.cfg.BondDenom, sdk.NewInt(10)).String(),
 	})
 
 	err := cmd.ExecuteContext(ctx)