diff --git a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
index bc974101c..371dcf449 100644
--- a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
+++ b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
@@ -327,12 +327,10 @@ func main() {
 		cfg.SchedulerEnabled = *schedEnabled
 	}
 	if cfg.RaterEnabled {
-		engine.Logger.Info("Starting redis pre-caching...")
 		if err := dataDb.PreCache(nil, nil); err != nil {
 			engine.Logger.Crit(fmt.Sprintf("Pre-caching error: %v", err))
 			return
 		}
-		engine.Logger.Info("Pre-caching done!")
 	}
 	if cfg.StorDBType == SAME {
 		logDb = dataDb.(engine.LogStorage)
diff --git a/console/get_cost.go b/console/get_cost.go
index a3c1ce494..1d0a691fa 100644
--- a/console/get_cost.go
+++ b/console/get_cost.go
@@ -63,16 +63,21 @@ func (self *CmdGetCost) FromArgs(args []string) error {
 	} else {
 		tStart,err = utils.ParseDate(args[6])
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("Cannot parse start time")
+			fmt.Println("\n*start_time* should have one of the formats:")
+			fmt.Println("\ttime.RFC3339\teg:2013-08-07T17:30:00Z in UTC")
+			fmt.Println("\tunix time\teg: 1383823746")
+			fmt.Println("\t*now\t\tmetafunction transformed into localtime at query time")
+			fmt.Println("\t+dur\t\tduration to be added to localtime (valid suffixes: ns, us/µs, ms, s, m, h)\n")
 			return fmt.Errorf(self.Usage(""))
 		}
 	}
 	if _, err := strconv.Atoi(args[7]); err == nil { // No suffix, default to seconds
+		fmt.Println("\n*duration* needs suffix, defaulting to *s* (valid suffixes: ns, us/µs, ms, s, m, h)\n")
 		args[7] += "s"
 	}
 	callDur, err := time.ParseDuration(args[7])
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Cannot parse duration")
+		fmt.Println("\n\tExample durations: 60s for 60 seconds, 25m for 25minutes, 1m25s for one minute and 25 seconds\n")
 		return fmt.Errorf(self.Usage(""))
 	}
 	self.rpcParams.TOR = args[2]
diff --git a/engine/storage_redis.go b/engine/storage_redis.go
index f0b89bf6f..670252527 100644
--- a/engine/storage_redis.go
+++ b/engine/storage_redis.go
@@ -68,9 +68,12 @@ func (rs *RedisStorage) Flush() (err error) {
 
 func (rs *RedisStorage) PreCache(dKeys, rpKeys []string) (err error) {
 	if dKeys == nil {
+		Logger.Info("Caching all destinations")
 		if dKeys, err = rs.db.Keys(DESTINATION_PREFIX + "*"); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
+	} else if len(dKeys) != 0 {
+		Logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Caching destinations: %v", dKeys))
 	}
 	prefixLen := len(DESTINATION_PREFIX)
 	for _, key := range dKeys {
@@ -79,10 +82,16 @@ func (rs *RedisStorage) PreCache(dKeys, rpKeys []string) (err error) {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+	if len(dKeys) != 0 {
+		Logger.Info("Finished destinations caching.")
+	}
 	if rpKeys == nil {
+		Logger.Info("Caching all rating plans")
 		if rpKeys, err = rs.db.Keys(RATING_PLAN_PREFIX + "*"); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
+	} else if len(rpKeys) != 0 {
+		Logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Caching rating plans: %v", rpKeys))
 	}
 	prefixLen = len(RATING_PLAN_PREFIX)
 	for _, key := range rpKeys {
@@ -91,6 +100,9 @@ func (rs *RedisStorage) PreCache(dKeys, rpKeys []string) (err error) {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+	if len(rpKeys) != 0 {
+		Logger.Info("Finished rating plans caching.")
+	}
 	return
 }