diff --git a/cmd/util/cmd/execution-state-extract/cmd.go b/cmd/util/cmd/execution-state-extract/cmd.go
index 207ddd37846..9bfba99bad4 100644
--- a/cmd/util/cmd/execution-state-extract/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/util/cmd/execution-state-extract/cmd.go
@@ -507,5 +507,5 @@ func ensureCheckpointFileExist(dir string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Errorf("no checkpoint file was found, no root checkpoint file was found in %v, check the --execution-data-dir flag", dir)
+	return fmt.Errorf("no checkpoint file was found, no root checkpoint file was found in %v, check the --execution-state-dir flag", dir)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/util/ledger/util/state.go b/cmd/util/ledger/util/state.go
index 7f42c04813f..049573a2362 100644
--- a/cmd/util/ledger/util/state.go
+++ b/cmd/util/ledger/util/state.go
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ func ReadTrie(dir string, targetHash flow.StateCommitment) ([]*ledger.Payload, e
 		s, err2 := led.MostRecentTouchedState()
 		if err2 != nil {
 			log.Error().Err(err2).
-				Msgf("cannot get most recently touched state in %v, check the --execution-data-dir flag", dir)
+				Msgf("cannot get most recently touched state in %v, check the --execution-state-dir flag", dir)
 		} else if s == ledger.State(mtrie.NewEmptyMTrie().RootHash()) {
-			log.Error().Msgf("cannot find any trie in folder %v. check the --execution-data-dir flag", dir)
+			log.Error().Msgf("cannot find any trie in folder %v. check the --execution-state-dir flag", dir)
 		} else {
 			log.Info().
 				Str("hash", s.String()).