diff --git a/x/distribution/client/cli/tx.go b/x/distribution/client/cli/tx.go
index 43f6ef81d2dc..323b3f2d9038 100644
--- a/x/distribution/client/cli/tx.go
+++ b/x/distribution/client/cli/tx.go
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ $ %s tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from mykey
 			return newSplitAndApply(tx.GenerateOrBroadcastTx, clientCtx, msgs, chunkSize)
 		},
 	}
+
+	cmd.Flags().Int(flagMaxMessagesPerTx, MaxMessagesPerTxDefault, "Limit the number of messages per tx (0 for unlimited)")
 	return cmd
 }
 
@@ -195,25 +197,14 @@ $ %s tx distribution set-withdraw-addr cosmos1gghjut3ccd8ay0zduzj64hwre2fxs9ld75
 
 func NewFundCommunityPoolCmd(clientCtx client.Context) *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "community-pool-spend [proposal-file]",
+		Use:   "fund-community-pool [amount]",
 		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
-		Short: "Submit a community pool spend proposal",
+		Short: "Funds the community pool with the specified amount",
 		Long: strings.TrimSpace(
-			fmt.Sprintf(`Submit a community pool spend proposal along with an initial deposit.
-The proposal details must be supplied via a JSON file.
+			fmt.Sprintf(`Funds the community pool with the specified amount
 
 Example:
-$ %s tx gov submit-proposal community-pool-spend <path/to/proposal.json> --from=<key_or_address>
-
-Where proposal.json contains:
-
-{
-  "title": "Community Pool Spend",
-  "description": "Pay me some Atoms!",
-  "recipient": "cosmos1s5afhd6gxevu37mkqcvvsj8qeylhn0rz46zdlq",
-  "amount": "1000stake",
-  "deposit": "1000stake"
-}
+$ %s tx distribution fund-community-pool 100uatom --from mykey
 `,
 				version.ClientName,
 			),
@@ -235,6 +226,7 @@ Where proposal.json contains:
 			return tx.GenerateOrBroadcastTx(clientCtx, msg)
 		},
 	}
+
 	return cmd
 }
 
@@ -298,34 +290,3 @@ Where proposal.json contains:
 
 	return cmd
 }
-
-type generateOrBroadcastFunc func(client.Context, []sdk.Msg) error
-
-func splitAndApply(
-	generateOrBroadcast generateOrBroadcastFunc,
-	clientCtx client.Context,
-	msgs []sdk.Msg,
-	chunkSize int,
-) error {
-
-	if chunkSize == 0 {
-		return generateOrBroadcast(clientCtx, msgs)
-	}
-
-	// split messages into slices of length chunkSize
-	totalMessages := len(msgs)
-	for i := 0; i < len(msgs); i += chunkSize {
-
-		sliceEnd := i + chunkSize
-		if sliceEnd > totalMessages {
-			sliceEnd = totalMessages
-		}
-
-		msgChunk := msgs[i:sliceEnd]
-		if err := generateOrBroadcast(clientCtx, msgChunk); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/x/distribution/client/cli/tx_test.go b/x/distribution/client/cli/tx_test.go
index f7b1e58921e2..2b5f27ca563d 100644
--- a/x/distribution/client/cli/tx_test.go
+++ b/x/distribution/client/cli/tx_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 func Test_splitAndCall_NoMessages(t *testing.T) {
 	clientCtx := client.Context{}
 
-	err := splitAndApply(nil, clientCtx, nil, 10)
+	err := newSplitAndApply(nil, clientCtx, nil, 10)
 	assert.NoError(t, err, "")
 }
 
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ func Test_splitAndCall_Splitting(t *testing.T) {
 	const chunkSize = 2
 
 	callCount := 0
-	err := splitAndApply(
-		func(clientCtx client.Context, msgs []sdk.Msg) error {
+	err := newSplitAndApply(
+		func(clientCtx client.Context, msgs ...sdk.Msg) error {
 			callCount++
 
 			assert.NotNil(t, clientCtx)
diff --git a/x/distribution/client/cli/utils.go b/x/distribution/client/cli/utils.go
index c5310f6469ca..078085c2ae1b 100644
--- a/x/distribution/client/cli/utils.go
+++ b/x/distribution/client/cli/utils.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func ParseCommunityPoolSpendProposalJSON(cdc codec.JSONMarshaler, proposalFile s
 		return proposal, err
 	}
 
-	if err := cdc.UnmarshalJSON(contents, &proposal); err != nil {
+	if err = cdc.UnmarshalJSON(contents, &proposal); err != nil {
 		return proposal, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/x/distribution/client/proposal_handler.go b/x/distribution/client/proposal_handler.go
index c7fcc0bdce91..517f508bff68 100644
--- a/x/distribution/client/proposal_handler.go
+++ b/x/distribution/client/proposal_handler.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	govclient "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/client"
 )
 
-// param change proposal handler
+// ProposalHandler is the community spend proposal handler.
 var (
 	ProposalHandler = govclient.NewProposalHandler(cli.GetCmdSubmitProposal, rest.ProposalRESTHandler)
 )