diff --git a/nsinit/config.go b/nsinit/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1f28fcc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nsinit/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
+)
+
+var configCommand = cli.Command{
+	Name:   "config",
+	Usage:  "display the container configuration",
+	Action: configAction,
+}
+
+func configAction(context *cli.Context) {
+	container, err := loadContainer()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	data, err := json.MarshalIndent(container, "", "\t")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("%s", data)
+}
diff --git a/nsinit/main.go b/nsinit/main.go
index 20132de0e..a3d7bd101 100644
--- a/nsinit/main.go
+++ b/nsinit/main.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func main() {
 		execCommand,
 		initCommand,
 		statsCommand,
-		specCommand,
+		configCommand,
 		nsenterCommand,
 	}
 
diff --git a/nsinit/spec.go b/nsinit/spec.go
deleted file mode 100644
index beadc9d87..000000000
--- a/nsinit/spec.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"log"
-
-	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
-	"github.com/docker/libcontainer"
-)
-
-var specCommand = cli.Command{
-	Name:   "spec",
-	Usage:  "display the container specification",
-	Action: specAction,
-}
-
-func specAction(context *cli.Context) {
-	container, err := loadContainer()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	spec, err := getContainerSpec(container)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to get spec - %v\n", err)
-	}
-
-	fmt.Printf("Spec:\n%v\n", spec)
-}
-
-// returns the container spec in json format.
-func getContainerSpec(container *libcontainer.Config) (string, error) {
-	spec, err := json.MarshalIndent(container, "", "\t")
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	return string(spec), nil
-}
diff --git a/nsinit/stats.go b/nsinit/stats.go
index eae983380..331d27f2c 100644
--- a/nsinit/stats.go
+++ b/nsinit/stats.go
@@ -21,30 +21,19 @@ func statsAction(context *cli.Context) {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	runtimeCkpt, err := libcontainer.GetState(dataPath)
+	state, err := libcontainer.GetState(dataPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	stats, err := getStats(container, runtimeCkpt)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Failed to get stats - %v\n", err)
-	}
-
-	fmt.Printf("Stats:\n%v\n", stats)
-}
-
-// returns the container stats in json format.
-func getStats(container *libcontainer.Config, state *libcontainer.State) (string, error) {
 	stats, err := libcontainer.GetStats(container, state)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
-
-	out, err := json.MarshalIndent(stats, "", "\t")
+	data, err := json.MarshalIndent(stats, "", "\t")
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	return string(out), nil
+	fmt.Printf("%s", data)
 }