diff --git a/packages/caliper-cli/caliper.js b/packages/caliper-cli/caliper.js
index 924bc406c..8accb1d0a 100755
--- a/packages/caliper-cli/caliper.js
+++ b/packages/caliper-cli/caliper.js
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ let results = yargs
     .strict(false)
     .argv;
 
+
+
 if (!results.thePromise) {
-    Logger.error(`Unrecognised command: '${results._[0]}'`);
+    Logger.error(`Command not recognised: '${results._[0]}'`);
     process.exit(1);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/caliper-cli/lib/launch/lib/launchManager.js b/packages/caliper-cli/lib/launch/lib/launchManager.js
index 142a6d2a7..e7f01a8b8 100644
--- a/packages/caliper-cli/lib/launch/lib/launchManager.js
+++ b/packages/caliper-cli/lib/launch/lib/launchManager.js
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ class LaunchManager {
             const response = await engine.run();
 
             if (response === 0) {
-                logger.info('Benchmark successfully finished');
+                logger.info('Benchmark successfully finished!');
             } else {
                 knownError = true;
-                let msg = `Benchmark failed with error code ${response}`;
+                let msg = `Benchmark execution failed with error code: ${response}`;
                 logger.error(msg);
                 throw new Error(msg);
             }
diff --git a/packages/caliper-cli/lib/launch/lib/launchWorker.js b/packages/caliper-cli/lib/launch/lib/launchWorker.js
index b64710f6c..9b294eef6 100644
--- a/packages/caliper-cli/lib/launch/lib/launchWorker.js
+++ b/packages/caliper-cli/lib/launch/lib/launchWorker.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class LaunchWorker {
 
         if (bindingSpec) {
             if (CaliperUtils.isForkedProcess()) {
-                logger.info('Worker is a locally forked process, skipping binding step already performed by the manager process');
+                logger.info('Worker is a locally forked process, skipping the binding step, already performed by the manager process');
             }
             else {
                 logger.info(`Binding specification is present, performing binding for "${bindingSpec}"`);
diff --git a/packages/caliper-cli/lib/launchCommand.js b/packages/caliper-cli/lib/launchCommand.js
index ece201840..fe53642ca 100644
--- a/packages/caliper-cli/lib/launchCommand.js
+++ b/packages/caliper-cli/lib/launchCommand.js
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ module.exports.command = 'launch <subcommand>';
 module.exports.describe = 'Launch a Caliper process either in a manager or worker role.';
 module.exports.builder = yargs => {
     return yargs
-        .demandCommand(1, 'Incorrect command. Please see the list of commands above, or enter "caliper launch --help".')
+        .demandCommand(1, 'Command not found! Please check the list of commands given above, or try running "caliper launch --help".')
         .commandDir('./launch');
 };
diff --git a/packages/caliper-cli/lib/lib/bindCommon.js b/packages/caliper-cli/lib/lib/bindCommon.js
index 7971b1e01..37351792a 100644
--- a/packages/caliper-cli/lib/lib/bindCommon.js
+++ b/packages/caliper-cli/lib/lib/bindCommon.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class BindCommon {
 
         let sutSpecParts = sutSpec.split(':');
         if (sutSpecParts.length < 1 || sutSpecParts.length > 2) {
-            let msg = `SUT specification is expected in the <SUT type>:<SDK version> format, not as "${sutSpec}"`;
+            let msg = `The expected SUT specification format is <SUT type>:<SDK version> format, not as "${sutSpec}"`;
             logger.error(msg);
             throw new Error(msg);
         }
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class BindCommon {
         let sut = sutSpecParts[0];
         let sdk = sutSpecParts[1];
         if (!sdk) {
-            logger.warn('SUT SDK version is not specified, defaulting to "latest"');
+            logger.warn('SUT SDK version is not specified, defaulting to the "latest" version');
             sdk = 'latest';
         }
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class BindCommon {
             // User has passed a configuration file to bind
             file = CaliperUtils.resolvePath(file);
             if (!fs.existsSync(file)) {
-                let msg = `Passed custom configuration file "${file}" does not exist`;
+                let msg = `The passed custom configuration file "${file}" does not exist`;
                 logger.error(msg);
                 throw new Error(msg);
             } else {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class BindCommon {
         }
 
         if (!cwd) {
-            logger.warn(`Working directory not specified. Using "${path.resolve('./')}"`);
+            logger.warn(`Working directory is not specified. Current path: "${path.resolve('./')}"`);
             cwd = path.resolve('./');
         } else {
             cwd = path.resolve(cwd);
@@ -106,14 +106,15 @@ class BindCommon {
         // select the first matching setting, if any
         if (extraSpec.settings) {
             let nodeVersion;
-            logger.info('Querying node version');
+            logger.info('Querying node version...');
             try {
                 nodeVersion = await CaliperUtils.getCommandOutput('node', ['-v']);
             } catch (e) {
+                logger.error(`Node version not found! Version queried: ${nodeVersion}`);
                 logger.error(e.message);
                 throw e;
             }
-            logger.info(`Detected node version ${nodeVersion}`);
+            logger.info(`Detected node version: ${nodeVersion}`);
 
             for (let setting of extraSpec.settings) {
                 let regex = new RegExp(setting.versionRegexp, 'g');