diff --git a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
index 2cce4522094db1b699cc79e8d52b0101af65c27a..43bcbb36145c1290dedf92ac073e8747cd57f8f3 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/arguments.cpp
@@ -1450,6 +1450,7 @@ static void set_serial_gc_flags() {
   FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(UseSerialGC, true);
   FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(UseParNewGC, false);
   FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(UseConcMarkSweepGC, false);
+  FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(CMSIncrementalMode, false);  // special CMS suboption
   FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(UseParallelGC, false);
   FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(UseParallelOldGC, false);
   FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(UseG1GC, false);
@@ -1457,7 +1458,7 @@ static void set_serial_gc_flags() {
 
 static bool verify_serial_gc_flags() {
   return (UseSerialGC &&
-        !(UseParNewGC || UseConcMarkSweepGC || UseG1GC ||
+        !(UseParNewGC || (UseConcMarkSweepGC || CMSIncrementalMode) || UseG1GC ||
           UseParallelGC || UseParallelOldGC));
 }
 
@@ -1572,7 +1573,7 @@ bool Arguments::check_vm_args_consistency() {
   status = status && verify_percentage(GCHeapFreeLimit, "GCHeapFreeLimit");
 
   // Check user specified sharing option conflict with Parallel GC
-  bool cannot_share = (UseConcMarkSweepGC || UseG1GC || UseParNewGC ||
+  bool cannot_share = ((UseConcMarkSweepGC || CMSIncrementalMode) || UseG1GC || UseParNewGC ||
                        UseParallelGC || UseParallelOldGC ||
                        SOLARIS_ONLY(UseISM) NOT_SOLARIS(UseLargePages));
 
@@ -1580,9 +1581,17 @@ bool Arguments::check_vm_args_consistency() {
     // Either force sharing on by forcing the other options off, or
     // force sharing off.
     if (DumpSharedSpaces || ForceSharedSpaces) {
+      jio_fprintf(defaultStream::error_stream(),
+                  "Reverting to Serial GC because of %s \n",
+                  ForceSharedSpaces ? " -Xshare:on" : "-Xshare:dump");
       set_serial_gc_flags();
       FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(SOLARIS_ONLY(UseISM) NOT_SOLARIS(UseLargePages), false);
     } else {
+      if (UseSharedSpaces) {
+        jio_fprintf(defaultStream::error_stream(),
+                    "Turning off use of shared archive because of "
+                    "choice of garbage collector or large pages \n");
+      }
       no_shared_spaces();
     }
   }