diff --git a/account_manager/src/validator/create.rs b/account_manager/src/validator/create.rs
index 8da32531a80..93b041c61c4 100644
--- a/account_manager/src/validator/create.rs
+++ b/account_manager/src/validator/create.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ pub fn cli_app<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
                     "The path where the validator keystore passwords will be stored. \
                     Defaults to ~/.lighthouse/{network}/secrets",
                 )
-                .conflicts_with("datadir")
                 .takes_value(true),
         )
         .arg(
diff --git a/book/src/validator-management.md b/book/src/validator-management.md
index df7c2ac4760..bc6aba3c4f9 100644
--- a/book/src/validator-management.md
+++ b/book/src/validator-management.md
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ Each permitted field of the file is listed below for reference:
 - `voting_keystore_password`: The password to the EIP-2335 keystore.
 
 > **Note**: Either `voting_keystore_password_path` or `voting_keystore_password` *must* be
-> supplied. If both are supplied, `voting_keystore_password_path` is ignored.
+> supplied. If both are supplied, `voting_keystore_password_path` is ignored. 
+
+>If you do not wish to have  `voting_keystore_password` being stored in the `validator_definitions.yml` file, you can add the field `voting_keystore_password_path` and point it to a file containing the password. The file can be, e.g., on a mounted portable drive that contains the password so that no password is stored on the validating node. 
 
 ## Populating the `validator_definitions.yml` file
 
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ recap:
 
 ### Automatic validator discovery
 
+
 When the `--disable-auto-discover` flag is **not** provided, the validator client will search the
 `validator-dir` for validators and add any *new* validators to the
 `validator_definitions.yml` with `enabled: true`.
diff --git a/validator_client/src/cli.rs b/validator_client/src/cli.rs
index f91efbdfbc5..991b621f27d 100644
--- a/validator_client/src/cli.rs
+++ b/validator_client/src/cli.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ pub fn cli_app<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
                     key. Defaults to ~/.lighthouse/{network}/secrets.",
                 )
                 .takes_value(true)
-                .conflicts_with("datadir")
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("init-slashing-protection")