diff --git a/nova/flags.py b/nova/flags.py
index 4e6e3ad4..e9bf6e33 100644
--- a/nova/flags.py
+++ b/nova/flags.py
@@ -404,9 +404,10 @@ DEFINE_string('root_helper', 'sudo',
               'Command prefix to use for running commands as root')
 
 DEFINE_bool('monkey_patch', False,
-              'Whether to monkey patch')
+              'Whether to log monkey patching')
 
 DEFINE_list('monkey_patch_modules',
                 ['nova.api.ec2.cloud:nova.notifier.api.notify_decorator',
                 'nova.compute.api:nova.notifier.api.notify_decorator'],
-                 'Module list representing monkey patched module and decorator')
+                'Module list representing monkey\
+                patched module and decorator')
diff --git a/nova/notifier/api.py b/nova/notifier/api.py
index 99b8b010..a98f17db 100644
--- a/nova/notifier/api.py
+++ b/nova/notifier/api.py
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ class BadPriorityException(Exception):
 
 
 def notify_decorator(name, fn):
+    """ decorator for notify which is used from utils.monkey_patch()
+        Parameters:
+
+        name - name of the function
+        function - object of the function
+
+
+    """
     def wrapped_func(*args, **kwarg):
         body = {}
         body['args'] = []
diff --git a/nova/tests/test_notifier.py b/nova/tests/test_notifier.py
index 64b799a2..ab5dfb69 100644
--- a/nova/tests/test_notifier.py
+++ b/nova/tests/test_notifier.py
@@ -134,3 +134,25 @@ class NotifierTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(msg['event_type'], 'error_notification')
         self.assertEqual(msg['priority'], 'ERROR')
         self.assertEqual(msg['payload']['error'], 'foo')
+
+    def test_send_notification_by_decorator(self):
+        self.notify_called = False
+
+        def example_api(arg1, arg2):
+            return arg1 + arg2
+
+        example_api =\
+            nova.notifier.api.notify_decorator(
+                            'example_api',
+                             example_api)
+
+        def mock_notify(cls, *args):
+            self.notify_called = True
+
+        self.stubs.Set(nova.notifier.no_op_notifier, 'notify',
+                mock_notify)
+
+        class Mock(object):
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(3, example_api(1, 2))
+        self.assertEqual(self.notify_called, True)