diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index bf20abe81..66f533102 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -332,12 +332,12 @@ var (
 	}
 	CacheTrieFlag = cli.IntFlag{
 		Name:  "cache.trie",
-		Usage: "Percentage of cache memory allowance to use for trie caching",
+		Usage: "Percentage of cache memory allowance to use for trie caching (default = 25% full mode, 50% archive mode)",
 		Value: 25,
 	}
 	CacheGCFlag = cli.IntFlag{
 		Name:  "cache.gc",
-		Usage: "Percentage of cache memory allowance to use for trie pruning",
+		Usage: "Percentage of cache memory allowance to use for trie pruning (default = 25% full mode, 0% archive mode)",
 		Value: 25,
 	}
 	TrieCacheGenFlag = cli.IntFlag{
diff --git a/common/size.go b/common/size.go
index bd0fc85c7..6381499a4 100644
--- a/common/size.go
+++ b/common/size.go
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ type StorageSize float64
 
 // String implements the stringer interface.
 func (s StorageSize) String() string {
-	if s > 1000000 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%.2f mB", s/1000000)
-	} else if s > 1000 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%.2f kB", s/1000)
+	if s > 1048576 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%.2f MiB", s/1048576)
+	} else if s > 1024 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%.2f KiB", s/1024)
 	} else {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%.2f B", s)
 	}
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ func (s StorageSize) String() string {
 // TerminalString implements log.TerminalStringer, formatting a string for console
 // output during logging.
 func (s StorageSize) TerminalString() string {
-	if s > 1000000 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%.2fmB", s/1000000)
-	} else if s > 1000 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("%.2fkB", s/1000)
+	if s > 1048576 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%.2fMiB", s/1048576)
+	} else if s > 1024 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%.2fKiB", s/1024)
 	} else {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%.2fB", s)
 	}
diff --git a/common/size_test.go b/common/size_test.go
index f5b6c725e..0938d483c 100644
--- a/common/size_test.go
+++ b/common/size_test.go
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ func TestStorageSizeString(t *testing.T) {
 		size StorageSize
 		str  string
 	}{
-		{2381273, "2.38 mB"},
-		{2192, "2.19 kB"},
+		{2381273, "2.27 MiB"},
+		{2192, "2.14 KiB"},
 		{12, "12.00 B"},
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 93caf9f36..c852926ef 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -1253,8 +1253,8 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) insertChain(chain types.Blocks, verifySeals bool) (int, []
 		stats.processed++
 		stats.usedGas += usedGas
 
-		cache, _ := bc.stateCache.TrieDB().Size()
-		stats.report(chain, it.index, cache)
+		dirty, _ := bc.stateCache.TrieDB().Size()
+		stats.report(chain, it.index, dirty)
 	}
 	// Any blocks remaining here? The only ones we care about are the future ones
 	if block != nil && err == consensus.ErrFutureBlock {
diff --git a/core/blockchain_insert.go b/core/blockchain_insert.go
index cfa32c5aa..f07e24d75 100644
--- a/core/blockchain_insert.go
+++ b/core/blockchain_insert.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const statsReportLimit = 8 * time.Second
 
 // report prints statistics if some number of blocks have been processed
 // or more than a few seconds have passed since the last message.
-func (st *insertStats) report(chain []*types.Block, index int, cache common.StorageSize) {
+func (st *insertStats) report(chain []*types.Block, index int, dirty common.StorageSize) {
 	// Fetch the timings for the batch
 	var (
 		now     = mclock.Now()
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (st *insertStats) report(chain []*types.Block, index int, cache common.Stor
 		if timestamp := time.Unix(end.Time().Int64(), 0); time.Since(timestamp) > time.Minute {
 			context = append(context, []interface{}{"age", common.PrettyAge(timestamp)}...)
 		}
-		context = append(context, []interface{}{"cache", cache}...)
+		context = append(context, []interface{}{"dirty", dirty}...)
 
 		if st.queued > 0 {
 			context = append(context, []interface{}{"queued", st.queued}...)
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 3ec6749b6..6a136182a 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ func New(ctx *node.ServiceContext, config *Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 		log.Warn("Sanitizing invalid miner gas price", "provided", config.MinerGasPrice, "updated", DefaultConfig.MinerGasPrice)
 		config.MinerGasPrice = new(big.Int).Set(DefaultConfig.MinerGasPrice)
 	}
+	if config.NoPruning && config.TrieDirtyCache > 0 {
+		config.TrieCleanCache += config.TrieDirtyCache
+		config.TrieDirtyCache = 0
+	}
+	log.Info("Allocated trie memory caches", "clean", common.StorageSize(config.TrieCleanCache)*1024*1024, "dirty", common.StorageSize(config.TrieDirtyCache)*1024*1024)
+
 	// Assemble the Ethereum object
 	chainDb, err := CreateDB(ctx, config, "chaindata")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/ethdb/database.go b/ethdb/database.go
index 6c62d6a38..17f1478e5 100644
--- a/ethdb/database.go
+++ b/ethdb/database.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
 	"github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb"
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ func NewLDBDatabase(file string, cache int, handles int) (*LDBDatabase, error) {
 	if handles < 16 {
 		handles = 16
 	}
-	logger.Info("Allocated cache and file handles", "cache", cache, "handles", handles)
+	logger.Info("Allocated cache and file handles", "cache", common.StorageSize(cache*1024*1024), "handles", handles)
 
 	// Open the db and recover any potential corruptions
 	db, err := leveldb.OpenFile(file, &opt.Options{