diff --git a/artemis-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/Create.java b/artemis-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/Create.java
index 101c6abc3f..8c8857c0aa 100644
--- a/artemis-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/Create.java
+++ b/artemis-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/Create.java
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public class Create extends InputAbstract {
    @Option(name = "--journal-device-block-size", description = "The block size by the device, default at 4096.")
    private int journalDeviceBlockSize = 4096;
 
-   @Option(name = "--journal-retention-days", description = "If > 0, It will enable journal-retention-directory on the broker.xml allowing replay options. This option will configure retention in days.")
+   @Option(name = "--journal-retention", description = "If > 0, It will enable journal-retention-directory on the broker.xml allowing replay options. This option will configure retention in days.")
    private int retentionDays;
 
    @Option(name = "--journal-retention-max-bytes", description = "It will be passed as storage-limit on the journal-retention-directory tag")
@@ -771,17 +771,20 @@ public class Create extends InputAbstract {
       boolean allowAnonymous = isAllowAnonymous();
 
 
-      if (retentionDays == 0) {
-         retentionDays = inputInteger("--journal-retention-days", "How many days you would like to keep retained in the journal? Use 0 for no retention.", "0");
-      }
-
-      String retentionTag = "";
+      String retentionTag;
       if (retentionDays > 0) {
          if (retentionMaxBytes != null) {
             retentionTag = "<journal-retention-directory period=\"" + retentionDays + "\" unit=\"DAYS\" storage-limit=\"" + retentionMaxBytes + "\">" + data + "/retention</journal-retention-directory>";
          } else {
             retentionTag = "<journal-retention-directory period=\"" + retentionDays + "\" unit=\"DAYS\">" + data + "/retention</journal-retention-directory>";
          }
+      } else {
+         retentionTag =  "\n" +
+            "      <!-- if you want to retain your journal uncomment this following configuration.\n\n" +
+            "      This will allow your system to keep 7 days of your data, up to 10G. Tweak it accordingly to your use case and capacity.\n\n" +
+            "      it is recommended to use a separate storage unit from the journal for performance considerations.\n\n" +
+            "      <journal-retention-directory period=\"7\" unit=\"DAYS\" storage-limit=\"10G\">data/retention</journal-retention-directory>\n\n" +
+            "      Or you can also create your broker using the argument on the journal-retention on the artemis create command -->\n\n";
       }
 
       filters.put("${journal-retention}", retentionTag);
diff --git a/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/etc/broker.xml b/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/etc/broker.xml
index 18429db277..e51fff2e2a 100644
--- a/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/etc/broker.xml
+++ b/artemis-cli/src/main/resources/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/etc/broker.xml
@@ -46,16 +46,6 @@ ${jdbc}
 
       <large-messages-directory>${data.dir}/large-messages</large-messages-directory>
 
-      <!--
-      if you want to retain your journal uncomment this following configuration.
-
-      This will allow your system to keep 7 days of your data, up to 10G. Tweak it accordingly to your use case and capacity.
-
-      it is recommended to use a separate storage unit from the journal for performance considerations.
-
-      <journal-retention-directory period="7" unit="DAYS" storage-limit="10G">data/retention</journal-retention-directory>
-      -->
-
       ${journal-retention}
 
       <journal-datasync>${fsync}</journal-datasync>
diff --git a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQMessageBundle.java b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQMessageBundle.java
index c6e45f243d..454d5fece2 100644
--- a/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQMessageBundle.java
+++ b/artemis-server/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/server/ActiveMQMessageBundle.java
@@ -516,6 +516,6 @@ public interface ActiveMQMessageBundle {
    @Message(id = 229238, value = "No target to redirect the connection")
    ActiveMQRedirectedException cannotRedirect();
 
-   @Message(id = 229239, value = "There is not retention configured. In order to use the replay method you must specify journal-retention-directory element on the broker.xml")
+   @Message(id = 229239, value = "There is no retention configured. In order to use the replay method you must specify journal-retention-directory element on the broker.xml")
    IllegalArgumentException noRetention();
 }
diff --git a/tests/smoke-tests/pom.xml b/tests/smoke-tests/pom.xml
index 5ec27377ba..819d2de55c 100644
--- a/tests/smoke-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/smoke-tests/pom.xml
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@
                         <!-- this is needed to run the server remotely -->
                         <arg>--java-options</arg>
                         <arg>-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=localhost</arg>
-                        <arg>--journal-retention-days</arg>
+                        <arg>--journal-retention</arg>
                         <arg>1</arg>
                         <arg>--queues</arg>
                         <arg>RetentionTest</arg>