diff --git a/validations_libs/cli/show.py b/validations_libs/cli/show.py
index ddc2309d..163f8fe1 100644
--- a/validations_libs/cli/show.py
+++ b/validations_libs/cli/show.py
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
 #   License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #   under the License.
 
-import json
-import sys
-
 from cliff.show import ShowOne
 
 from validations_libs.validation_actions import ValidationActions
@@ -33,7 +30,7 @@ class Show(ShowOne):
         parser.add_argument('--validation-dir', dest='validation_dir',
                             default=constants.ANSIBLE_VALIDATION_DIR,
                             help=("Path where the validation playbooks "
-                                  "is located."))
+                                  "are located."))
         parser.add_argument('validation_name',
                             metavar="<validation>",
                             type=str,
@@ -62,7 +59,7 @@ class ShowGroup(ShowOne):
         parser.add_argument('--validation-dir', dest='validation_dir',
                             default=constants.ANSIBLE_VALIDATION_DIR,
                             help=("Path where the validation playbooks "
-                                  "is located."))
+                                  "are located."))
         parser.add_argument('--group', '-g',
                             metavar='<group_name>',
                             dest="group",
@@ -88,7 +85,7 @@ class ShowParameter(ShowOne):
         parser.add_argument('--validation-dir', dest='validation_dir',
                             default=constants.ANSIBLE_VALIDATION_DIR,
                             help=("Path where the validation playbooks "
-                                  "is located."))
+                                  "are located."))
 
         ex_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=False)
         ex_group.add_argument(
@@ -145,7 +142,9 @@ class ShowParameter(ShowOne):
             parsed_args.group,
             parsed_args.format_output,
             parsed_args.download)
+
         if parsed_args.download:
-            print("The file {} has been created successfully".format(
+            self.app.LOG.info(
+                "The file {} has been created successfully".format(
                 parsed_args.download))
         return params.keys(), params.values()
diff --git a/validations_libs/validation_actions.py b/validations_libs/validation_actions.py
index b5f1bf29..c2e32e01 100644
--- a/validations_libs/validation_actions.py
+++ b/validations_libs/validation_actions.py
@@ -504,19 +504,36 @@ class ValidationActions(object):
                                                     group)
         if download_file:
             params_only = {}
-            with open(download_file, 'w') as f:
-                for val_name in params.keys():
-                    params_only.update(params[val_name].get('parameters'))
+            try:
+                with open(download_file, 'w') as parameters_file:
+                    for val_name in params.keys():
+                        params_only.update(params[val_name].get('parameters'))
 
-                if output_format == 'json':
-                    f.write(json.dumps(params_only,
+                    if output_format == 'json':
+                        parameters_file.write(
+                            json.dumps(params_only,
                                        indent=4,
                                        sort_keys=True))
-                else:
-                    f.write(yaml.safe_dump(params_only,
+                    else:
+                        parameters_file.write(
+                            yaml.safe_dump(params_only,
                                            allow_unicode=True,
                                            default_flow_style=False,
                                            indent=2))
+                self.log.debug(
+                    "Validations parameters file {} saved as {} ".format(
+                        download_file,
+                        output_format))
+
+            except (PermissionError, OSError) as error:
+                self.log.exception(
+                    (
+                        "Exception {} encountered while tring to write "
+                        "a validations parameters file {}"
+                    ).format(
+                        error,
+                        download_file))
+
         return params
 
     def show_history(self, validation_ids=None, extension='json',