diff --git a/crates/wasm_cli/src/commands/testbalance/mod.rs b/crates/wasm_cli/src/commands/testbalance/mod.rs
index 99294d7df..a1dbd291b 100644
--- a/crates/wasm_cli/src/commands/testbalance/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/wasm_cli/src/commands/testbalance/mod.rs
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ use crate::commands::testinitdb::*;
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct TestBalanceOpts {
-    /// This is the path to the database to be created/used. #716, this path is what we'll feed
-    /// into the database driver.
+    /// This is the path to the database to be used.
     // TODO: Make this an option, and look for the db path in the file tree
     // using std::fs or std::env if we choose to allow it.
     // REASON: If the db path is the current directory, we should infer this.
diff --git a/crates/wasm_cli/src/commands/testcontract/mod.rs b/crates/wasm_cli/src/commands/testcontract/mod.rs
index f2d9c883b..11f14240d 100644
--- a/crates/wasm_cli/src/commands/testcontract/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/wasm_cli/src/commands/testcontract/mod.rs
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ use crate::commands::testinitdb;
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 pub struct TestContractOpts {
-    /// This is the path to the database to be created/used. #716, this path is what we'll feed
-    /// into the database driver.
+    /// This is the path to the database to be used.
     #[clap(short, long)]
     pub dbpath: String,
     /// The path to the WASM object file to load and describe
@@ -41,16 +40,14 @@ pub struct TestContractOpts {
     /// The contract caller's Address.
     #[clap(short, long, value_parser, value_name = "CONTRACT_CALLER")]
     pub contract_caller: primitives::Address,
-    /// The function to call within the smart contract. #716 this will influence the JSON we
+    /// The function to call within the smart contract. This will influence the JSON we
     /// generate below to pass into the smart contract when we execute it. TODO: mg@ needs to also
     /// remember to add some function-specific arguments here to allow those to be passed in.
     #[clap(short, long, value_parser, value_name = "FUNCTION")]
     pub function: String,
     /// The arguments to pass into the function as a JSON object. See the `versatus-rust` github
     /// repository for the inputs that supported functions take. For now, this is a string
-    /// interpretted as a JSON object, whereas later, it'll likely be more formal. #716, this JSON
-    /// will equate to the data in the FunctionInputs enum here:
-    /// https://github.com/versatus/versatus-rust/blob/main/src/versatus_rust.rs#L94
+    /// interpretted as a JSON object, whereas later, it'll likely be more formal.
     #[clap(short, long, value_parser, value_name = "JSON", default_value = "[]")]
     pub inputs: String,
     /// An environment variable to pass to the running WASM module. May be used
@@ -168,10 +165,7 @@ fn update_db(storage_connection: &Storage, contract_outputs: &SmartContractOutpu
 
     Ok(())
 }
-// #716 This JSON string is a placeholder to allow the code to compile. What we need to do is
-// to build the JSON to match the JSON generated by the example in the versatus-rust
-// repository, but build it from the contents of the database and command line inputs. We can
-// assume (for now) that all contracts will be ERC20 when dealing with inputs and outputs.
+
 fn create_contract_inputs(
     caller: &primitives::Address,
     function: &str,
diff --git a/crates/wasm_cli/src/commands/testinitdb/mod.rs b/crates/wasm_cli/src/commands/testinitdb/mod.rs
index 013963df7..2b1acd53d 100644
--- a/crates/wasm_cli/src/commands/testinitdb/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/wasm_cli/src/commands/testinitdb/mod.rs
@@ -40,18 +40,14 @@ pub const DEFAULT_ADDRESSES: &[Address; 10] = &[
 
 #[derive(Clone, Parser, Debug)]
 pub struct TestInitDBOpts {
-    /// This is the path to the database to be created/used. #716, this path is what we'll feed
-    /// into the database driver.
+    /// This is the path to the database to be created.
     #[clap(short, long)]
     pub dbpath: String,
-    /// Force DB to be initialised, even if it already exists. #716 I think that if this option is
-    /// missing or false, we should only recreate the database from defaults if it doesn't already
-    /// exist. If it exists, we should exit with a failure and an error message indicating that the
-    /// database already exists and to use --force.
+    /// Force DB to be initialised, even if it already exists.
     #[clap(short, long)]
     pub force: bool,
     /// Default balance for new test accounts created. The protocol supports values up to
-    /// [ethnum::U256] in size, but u128 ought to be fine for now.
+    /// U256 in size.
     #[clap(short, long)]
     pub default_balance: Option<U256>,
     #[clap(short, long)]