diff --git a/src/dfx/src/commands/build.rs b/src/dfx/src/commands/build.rs
index 0a5c1010b6..c162a60c0f 100644
--- a/src/dfx/src/commands/build.rs
+++ b/src/dfx/src/commands/build.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ pub fn exec(env: &dyn Environment, args: &ArgMatches<'_>) -> DfxResult {
 
     slog::info!(logger, "Building canisters...");
 
-    // TODO: remove the forcing of generating canister id once we have an update flow.
     canister_pool.build_or_fail(
         BuildConfig::from_config(&config)?
             .with_skip_frontend(args.is_present("skip-frontend"))
diff --git a/src/dfx/src/commands/canister/create.rs b/src/dfx/src/commands/canister/create.rs
index 9a41e50d3c..18daf3f104 100644
--- a/src/dfx/src/commands/canister/create.rs
+++ b/src/dfx/src/commands/canister/create.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use crate::lib::error::{DfxError, DfxResult};
 use crate::lib::message::UserMessage;
 use crate::lib::models::canister_id_store::CanisterIdStore;
 use crate::lib::progress_bar::ProgressBar;
+use crate::lib::provider::get_network_context;
 use crate::lib::waiter::create_waiter;
 
 use clap::{App, Arg, ArgMatches, SubCommand};
@@ -44,11 +45,20 @@ fn create_canister(env: &dyn Environment, canister_name: &str) -> DfxResult {
 
     let mut canister_id_store = CanisterIdStore::for_env(env)?;
 
+    let network_name = get_network_context()?;
+
+    let non_default_network = if network_name == "local" {
+        format!("")
+    } else {
+        format!("on network {:?} ", network_name)
+    };
+
     match canister_id_store.find(&canister_name) {
         Some(canister_id) => {
             let message = format!(
-                "{:?} canister was already created and has canister id: {:?}",
+                "{:?} canister was already created {}and has canister id: {:?}",
                 canister_name,
+                non_default_network,
                 canister_id.to_text()
             );
             b.finish_with_message(&message);
@@ -58,8 +68,8 @@ fn create_canister(env: &dyn Environment, canister_name: &str) -> DfxResult {
             let cid = runtime.block_on(mgr.create_canister(create_waiter()))?;
             let canister_id = cid.to_text();
             let message = format!(
-                "{:?} canister created with canister id: {:?}",
-                canister_name, canister_id
+                "{:?} canister created {}with canister id: {:?}",
+                canister_name, non_default_network, canister_id
             );
             b.finish_with_message(&message);
             canister_id_store.add(&canister_name, canister_id)