diff --git a/docs/CommandLineInterface.md b/docs/CommandLineInterface.md
index cce26b35..1ad60bff 100644
--- a/docs/CommandLineInterface.md
+++ b/docs/CommandLineInterface.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ last update 11/22/2023
    2. To run a keyceremony with remote guardians, see the webapps CLI.
 
 4. **Create test input plaintext ballots**
-   1. Create fake input ballots for testing with [_RunGenerateInputBallots_ CLI](#create-fake-input-ballots).
+   1. Create fake input ballots for testing with [_RunCreateInputBallots_ CLI](#create-fake-input-ballots).
    1. _electionguard.workflow.GenerateFakeBallots_ generates random test ballots.
    2. Use existing fake ballots for testing in _egklib/src/commonTest/data/fakeBallots_.
 
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ Example:
 
 ````
 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-19/bin/java \
-  -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dsun.stdout.encoding=UTF-8 -Dsun.stderr.encoding=UTF-8 \
   -classpath egkliball/build/libs/egklib-all.jar \
   electionguard.cli.RunCreateElectionConfig \
     -manifest egklib/src/commonTest/data/startManifestJson \
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ Options:
     --inputDir, -in -> Directory containing input election record (always required) { String }
     --ballotDir, -ballots -> Directory to read Plaintext ballots from (always required) { String }
     --outputDir, -out -> Directory to write output election record { String }
-    --encryptDir, -encryptDir -> Write just encrypted ballots here { String }
+    --encryptDir, -eballots -> Write encrypted ballots here { String }
     --invalidDir, -invalid -> Directory to write invalid input ballots to { String }
     --check, -check [None] -> Check encryption { Value should be one of [none, verify, encrypttwice, decryptnonce] }
     --nthreads, -nthreads [11] -> Number of parallel threads to use { Int }
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@ Options:
     --device, -device -> voting device name (always required) { String }
     --cleanOutput, -clean [false] -> clean output dir 
     --anonymize, -anon [false] -> anonymize ballot 
-    --help, -h -> Usage info 
+    --help, -h -> Usage info
 ````
 You must specify outputDir or encryptDir. The former copies ElectionInit and writes encrypted ballots to standard election record.
 The latter writes just the encrypted ballots to the specified directory.
@@ -228,6 +227,7 @@ Usage: RunAccumulateTally options_list
 Options: 
     --inputDir, -in -> Directory containing input ElectionInitialized record and encrypted ballots (always required) { String }
     --outputDir, -out -> Directory to write output election record (always required) { String }
+    --encryptDir, -eballots -> Read encrypted ballots here (optional) { String }
     --name, -name -> Name of tally { String }
     --createdBy, -createdBy -> who created { String }
     --help, -h -> Usage info 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ Options:
     --trusteeDir, -trustees -> Directory to read private trustees (always required) { String }
     --outputDir, -out -> Directory to write output election record (always required) { String }
     --createdBy, -createdBy -> who created { String }
-    --npresent, -npresent -> number of guardians present { Int }
+    --missing, -missing -> missing guardians' xcoord, comma separated, eg '2,4' { String }
     --help, -h -> Usage info 
 ````
 
diff --git a/egklib/src/commonMain/kotlin/electionguard/keyceremony/KeyCeremonyTrustee.kt b/egklib/src/commonMain/kotlin/electionguard/keyceremony/KeyCeremonyTrustee.kt
index bb1944fa..75e24bf8 100644
--- a/egklib/src/commonMain/kotlin/electionguard/keyceremony/KeyCeremonyTrustee.kt
+++ b/egklib/src/commonMain/kotlin/electionguard/keyceremony/KeyCeremonyTrustee.kt
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ open class KeyCeremonyTrustee(
     // Call after all myShareOfOthers has been populated with all the other trustee's.
     // The value P(i) == G_i’s share of the secret key s = (s1 + s2 + · · · + sn )
     // == (P1 (ℓ) + P2 (ℓ) + · · · + Pn (ℓ)) mod q. spec 2.0.0, eq 65.
-    internal fun computeSecretKeyShare(): ElementModQ {
+    fun computeSecretKeyShare(): ElementModQ {
        if (nguardians != myShareOfOthers.size + 1) {
             throw RuntimeException("KeyCeremonyTrustee.computeSecretKeyShare: requires nguardians ${nguardians} but have ${myShareOfOthers.size + 1} shares")
         }
diff --git a/egklib/src/jvmMain/kotlin/electionguard/cli/RunMakeMixnetInput.kt b/egklib/src/jvmMain/kotlin/electionguard/cli/RunMakeMixnetInput.kt
index ca998f58..35fda9b4 100644
--- a/egklib/src/jvmMain/kotlin/electionguard/cli/RunMakeMixnetInput.kt
+++ b/egklib/src/jvmMain/kotlin/electionguard/cli/RunMakeMixnetInput.kt
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.encodeToStream
 import java.io.FileOutputStream
 
+/** Read the EG encypted ballots and create JSON encoded file for the mixnet. */
 class RunMakeMixnetInput {
 
     companion object {
         val jsonReader = Json { explicitNulls = false; ignoreUnknownKeys = true; prettyPrint = true }
 
         @JvmStatic
-        fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+        fun main(args: Array<String>): Int {
             val parser = ArgParser("RunMakeMixnetInput")
             val encryptedBallotsDir by parser.option(
                 ArgType.String,
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class RunMakeMixnetInput {
             val isJson by parser.option(
                 ArgType.Boolean,
                 shortName = "json",
-                description = "ENcrypted ballots are JSON"
+                description = "Encrypted ballots are JSON"
             ).default(true)
             parser.parse(args)
 
@@ -41,12 +42,15 @@ class RunMakeMixnetInput {
             val outputDir = outputFile.substringBeforeLast("/")
             createDirectories(outputDir)
 
-            runMakeMixnetInput(productionGroup(), encryptedBallotsDir, outputFile, isJson)
+            return runMakeMixnetInput(productionGroup(), encryptedBallotsDir, outputFile, isJson)
         }
 
-        fun runMakeMixnetInput(group: GroupContext, encryptedBallotsDir: String, outputFile: String, isJson : Boolean) {
+        /** return number of ciphertexts in a row. */
+        fun runMakeMixnetInput(group: GroupContext, encryptedBallotsDir: String, outputFile: String, isJson : Boolean): Int {
             val consumer = makeConsumer(group, encryptedBallotsDir, isJson)
             val mixnetBallots = mutableListOf<MixnetBallot>()
+            var first = true
+            var countCiphertexts = 0
             consumer.iterateEncryptedBallotsFromDir(encryptedBallotsDir, null).forEach { encryptedBallot ->
                 val ciphertexts = mutableListOf<ElGamalCiphertext>()
                 ciphertexts.add(encryptedBallot.encryptedSn!!) // always the first one
@@ -56,12 +60,14 @@ class RunMakeMixnetInput {
                     }
                 }
                 mixnetBallots.add(MixnetBallot(ciphertexts))
+                if (first) countCiphertexts = ciphertexts.size else require(countCiphertexts == ciphertexts.size)
             }
 
             val json = mixnetBallots.publishJson()
             FileOutputStream(outputFile).use { out ->
                 jsonReader.encodeToStream(json, out)
             }
+            return countCiphertexts
         }
     }
 }
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