diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 196e98c3c02f..d99901f0e169 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* (cli) [#17188](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/17188) Fix `--output-document` flag in `tx multi-sign`.
+
 ## [v0.47.4](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.47.4) - 2023-07-17
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/x/auth/client/cli/decode.go b/x/auth/client/cli/decode.go
index 72a8a600ce73..2d49806b1244 100644
--- a/x/auth/client/cli/decode.go
+++ b/x/auth/client/cli/decode.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ func GetDecodeCommand() *cobra.Command {
 
 	cmd.Flags().BoolP(flagHex, "x", false, "Treat input as hexadecimal instead of base64")
 	flags.AddTxFlagsToCmd(cmd)
+	_ = cmd.Flags().MarkHidden(flags.FlagOutput) // decoding makes sense to output only json
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/x/auth/client/cli/encode.go b/x/auth/client/cli/encode.go
index 0a04c7c21665..65a13c6d1ae5 100644
--- a/x/auth/client/cli/encode.go
+++ b/x/auth/client/cli/encode.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ If you supply a dash (-) argument in place of an input filename, the command rea
 	}
 
 	flags.AddTxFlagsToCmd(cmd)
+	_ = cmd.Flags().MarkHidden(flags.FlagOutput) // encoding makes sense to output only json
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/x/auth/client/cli/tx_multisign.go b/x/auth/client/cli/tx_multisign.go
index b1fd2525c3cf..049a36f211c3 100644
--- a/x/auth/client/cli/tx_multisign.go
+++ b/x/auth/client/cli/tx_multisign.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ The SIGN_MODE_DIRECT sign mode is not supported.'
 	cmd.Flags().String(flags.FlagOutputDocument, "", "The document is written to the given file instead of STDOUT")
 	cmd.Flags().Bool(flagAmino, false, "Generate Amino-encoded JSON suitable for submitting to the txs REST endpoint")
 	flags.AddTxFlagsToCmd(cmd)
+	_ = cmd.Flags().MarkHidden(flags.FlagOutput)
 
 	return cmd
 }
@@ -188,27 +189,15 @@ func makeMultiSignCmd() func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		outputDoc, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(flags.FlagOutputDocument)
-		if outputDoc == "" {
-			cmd.Printf("%s\n", json)
-			return
-		}
-
-		fp, err := os.OpenFile(outputDoc, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0o644)
+		closeFunc, err := setOutputFile(cmd)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		defer func() {
-			err2 := fp.Close()
-			if err == nil {
-				err = err2
-			}
-		}()
-
-		err = clientCtx.PrintBytes(json)
+		defer closeFunc()
 
-		return
+		cmd.Printf("%s\n", json)
+		return nil
 	}
 }
 
@@ -243,6 +232,7 @@ The SIGN_MODE_DIRECT sign mode is not supported.'
 	)
 	cmd.Flags().String(flags.FlagOutputDocument, "", "The document is written to the given file instead of STDOUT")
 	flags.AddTxFlagsToCmd(cmd)
+	_ = cmd.Flags().MarkHidden(flags.FlagOutput) // signing makes sense to output only json
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx.go b/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx.go
index 4d5b31aaa13d..86cc185e004e 100644
--- a/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx.go
+++ b/x/genutil/client/cli/gentx.go
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ $ %s gentx my-key-name 1000000stake --home=/path/to/home/dir --keyring-backend=o
 	cmd.Flags().String(flags.FlagOutputDocument, "", "Write the genesis transaction JSON document to the given file instead of the default location")
 	cmd.Flags().AddFlagSet(fsCreateValidator)
 	flags.AddTxFlagsToCmd(cmd)
+	_ = cmd.Flags().MarkHidden(flags.FlagOutput) // signing makes sense to output only json
 
 	return cmd
 }