diff --git a/cluster/juju/return-node-ips.py b/cluster/juju/return-node-ips.py
index a1fc703fb6..c652ccd079 100755
--- a/cluster/juju/return-node-ips.py
+++ b/cluster/juju/return-node-ips.py
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 import json
 import sys
-nodes = json.loads(sys.argv[1])
-for num in nodes:
-    print num['Stdout'].rstrip()
+# This script helps parse out the private IP addreses from the
+# `juju run` command's JSON object, see cluster/juju/util.sh
 
+if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+    print(sys.argv[1])
+    # It takes the JSON output as the first argument.
+    nodes = json.loads(sys.argv[1])
+    # There can be multiple nodes to print the Stdout.
+    for num in nodes:
+        print num['Stdout'].rstrip()