diff --git a/command/node_status.go b/command/node_status.go
index 09bd0c38b..cb3388fb1 100644
--- a/command/node_status.go
+++ b/command/node_status.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func (c *NodeStatusCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	}
 
 	if hostStats, err = client.Nodes().Stats(node.ID, nil); err != nil {
-		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("error fetching node resource utilization stats: %#v", err))
+		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("error fetching node resource utilization stats: %v", err))
 	}
 
 	// Format the output
@@ -401,12 +401,14 @@ func getActualResources(hostStats *api.HostStats, node *api.Node) ([]string, err
 	}
 	var resources []string
 
+	// Calculate cpu usage
 	usedCPUPercent := 0.0
 	for _, cpu := range hostStats.CPU {
 		usedCPUPercent += (cpu.User + cpu.System)
 	}
 	usedCPUTicks := (usedCPUPercent / 100) * float64(node.Resources.CPU)
 
+	// calculate disk usage
 	storageDevice := node.Attributes["unique.storage.volume"]
 	var diskUsed, diskSize uint64
 	for _, disk := range hostStats.DiskStats {
diff --git a/command/stats.go b/command/stats.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ae603332..000000000
--- a/command/stats.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-package command
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api"
-)
-
-type StatsCommand struct {
-	Meta
-}
-
-func (f *StatsCommand) Help() string {
-	helpText := `
-Usage: nomad stats [options] <alloc-id>
-
-  Displays statistics related to resource usage of tasks in an allocation.  Use
-  the -task flag to query statistics of an individual task running in an
-  allocation.
-
-General Options:
-
-  ` + generalOptionsUsage() + `
-
-Node Stats Options:
-
-  -task
-    Display statistics for a specific task in an allocation.
-`
-
-	return strings.TrimSpace(helpText)
-}
-
-func (f *StatsCommand) Synopsis() string {
-	return "Dispalys resource usage stats of an allocation or a task running on a nomad client"
-}
-
-func (f *StatsCommand) Run(args []string) int {
-	var verbose bool
-	var task string
-	flags := f.Meta.FlagSet("stats", FlagSetClient)
-	flags.BoolVar(&verbose, "verbose", false, "")
-	flags.StringVar(&task, "task", "", "")
-	flags.Usage = func() { f.Ui.Output(f.Help()) }
-
-	if err := flags.Parse(args); err != nil {
-		return 1
-	}
-
-	args = flags.Args()
-	if len(args) < 1 {
-		f.Ui.Error("allocation id is a required parameter")
-		return 1
-	}
-	client, err := f.Meta.Client()
-	if err != nil {
-		f.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error initializing client: %v", err))
-		return 1
-	}
-
-	var allocID string
-	allocID = strings.TrimSpace(args[0])
-
-	// Truncate the id unless full length is requested
-	length := shortId
-	if verbose {
-		length = fullId
-	}
-
-	// Query the allocation info
-	if len(allocID) == 1 {
-		f.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Alloc ID must contain at least two characters."))
-		return 1
-	}
-	if len(allocID)%2 == 1 {
-		// Identifiers must be of even length, so we strip off the last byte
-		// to provide a consistent user experience.
-		allocID = allocID[:len(allocID)-1]
-	}
-
-	allocs, _, err := client.Allocations().PrefixList(allocID)
-	if err != nil {
-		f.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error querying allocation: %v", err))
-		return 1
-	}
-	if len(allocs) == 0 {
-		f.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("No allocation(s) with prefix or id %q found", allocID))
-		return 1
-	}
-	if len(allocs) > 1 {
-		// Format the allocs
-		out := make([]string, len(allocs)+1)
-		out[0] = "ID|Eval ID|Job ID|Task Group|Desired Status|Client Status"
-		for i, alloc := range allocs {
-			out[i+1] = fmt.Sprintf("%s|%s|%s|%s|%s|%s",
-				limit(alloc.ID, length),
-				limit(alloc.EvalID, length),
-				alloc.JobID,
-				alloc.TaskGroup,
-				alloc.DesiredStatus,
-				alloc.ClientStatus,
-			)
-		}
-		f.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Prefix matched multiple allocations\n\n%s", formatList(out)))
-		return 0
-	}
-	// Prefix lookup matched a single allocation
-	alloc, _, err := client.Allocations().Info(allocs[0].ID, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		f.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error querying allocation: %s", err))
-		return 1
-	}
-
-	stats, err := client.Allocations().Stats(alloc, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		f.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("unable to get stats: %v", err))
-		return 1
-	}
-	if task == "" {
-		f.printAllocResourceUsage(alloc, stats)
-	} else {
-		f.printTaskResourceUsage(task, stats)
-	}
-	return 0
-}
-
-func (f *StatsCommand) printTaskResourceUsage(task string, resourceUsage map[string]*api.TaskResourceUsage) {
-	tu, ok := resourceUsage[task]
-	if !ok {
-		return
-	}
-	memoryStats := tu.ResourceUsage.MemoryStats
-	cpuStats := tu.ResourceUsage.CpuStats
-	f.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("===> Task: %q", task))
-	f.Ui.Output("Memory Stats")
-	out := make([]string, 2)
-	out[0] = "RSS|Cache|Swap|Max Usage|Kernel Usage|KernelMaxUsage"
-	out[1] = fmt.Sprintf("%v|%v|%v|%v|%v|%v",
-		humanize.Bytes(memoryStats.RSS),
-		humanize.Bytes(memoryStats.Cache),
-		humanize.Bytes(memoryStats.Swap),
-		humanize.Bytes(memoryStats.MaxUsage),
-		humanize.Bytes(memoryStats.KernelUsage),
-		humanize.Bytes(memoryStats.KernelMaxUsage),
-	)
-	f.Ui.Output(formatList(out))
-
-	f.Ui.Output("")
-
-	f.Ui.Output("CPU Stats")
-	out = make([]string, 2)
-	out[0] = "Percent|Throttled Periods|Throttled Time"
-	percent := strconv.FormatFloat(cpuStats.Percent, 'f', 2, 64)
-	out[1] = fmt.Sprintf("%v|%v|%v", percent,
-		cpuStats.ThrottledPeriods, cpuStats.ThrottledTime)
-	f.Ui.Output(formatList(out))
-}
-
-func (f *StatsCommand) printAllocResourceUsage(alloc *api.Allocation, resourceUsage map[string]*api.TaskResourceUsage) {
-	f.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Resource Usage of Tasks running in Allocation %q", alloc.ID))
-	for task, _ := range alloc.TaskStates {
-		f.printTaskResourceUsage(task, resourceUsage)
-	}
-}