diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 97bf058a2f..9ba37b8fdc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ API 0 is accessible using regular JSON-RPC:
 Accessing restricted API's
 --------------------------
 
-You can restrict API's to particular users by specifying an `apiaccess` file in `config.ini`.  Here is an example `apiaccess` file which allows
+You can restrict API's to particular users by specifying an `api-access` file in `config.ini` or by using the `--api-access /full/path/to/api-access.json`.  Here is an example `api-access` file which allows
 user `bytemaster` with password `supersecret` to access four different API's, while allowing any other user to access the three public API's
 necessary to use the wallet:
 
diff --git a/libraries/app/application.cpp b/libraries/app/application.cpp
index 02b623d27a..c11825721b 100644
--- a/libraries/app/application.cpp
+++ b/libraries/app/application.cpp
@@ -456,9 +456,12 @@ namespace detail {
             _force_validate = true;
          }
 
-         if( _options->count("api-access") )
+         if( _options->count("api-access") ) {
             _apiaccess = fc::json::from_file( _options->at("api-access").as<boost::filesystem::path>() )
                .as<api_access>();
+            ilog( "Using api access file from ${path}", ("path", _options->at("api-access").as<boost::filesystem::path>().string()) );
+         }
+
          else
          {
             // TODO:  Remove this generous default access policy