OPINION AND ORDER
This is a civil action for injunction brought by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to § 17 of The Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 217. The Secretary’s complaint charges the defendant with violations of provisions of the Act banning sexual discrimination in paying wages, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) (l).1
*17The defendant has moved for a more definite statement. Rule 12(e), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. He requests that the Secretary be required to include in his complaint: A detailed statement of all facts which show that the defendant constitutes an enterprise within the meaning of 29 U.S.C. § 203 (r); a detailed statement of the “nature, kind, type, number, and date of each act of discriminationa detailed statement of degree of skill, effort, and the responsibilities and working conditions of each job; the name, address, and contents of the statement of each person interviewed during the course of the investigation preceding the filing of the complaint; the names of the employees involved in each act of discrimination; and the amount, time, and type of payment of each discriminatory wage.
Rule 12(e) provides in part, “If a pleading to which a responsive pleading is permitted is so vague or ambiguous that a party cannot reasonably be required to frame a responsive pleading, he may move for a more definite statement before interposing his responsive pleading.” (Emphasis supplied.) Prior to its amendment in 1948, the language of the rule was much broader. It read that a party might “move for a more definite statement or for a bill of particulars of any matter which is not averred with sufficient definiteness or particularity to enable him to prepare his responsive pleading or to prepare for trial.” (Emphasis supplied.) Reference to “bill of particulars” and preparation for trial were dropped from the amended rule. Moreover the words “definiteness” and “particularity” were changed. This was because these matters could be better handled under the discovery rules.2 Even before the rule was amended, most courts had read the words “or to prepare for trial” out of the rule and limited its application to particulars needed to prepare a responsive pleading. See cases cited in 1A Barron & Holtzoff, Federal Practice and Procedure, § 362, p. 425 n. 8 (1960 Wright Supplement). In Mitchell v. EZ Way Towers, 269 F.2d 126, 132 (1959), the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stated:
“In view of the great liberality of F. R.Civ.P. 8, permitting notice pleading, it is clearly the policy of the Rules that Rule 12(e) should not be used to frustrate this policy by lightly requiring a plaintiff to amend his complaint which under Rule 8 is sufficient to withstand a motion to dismiss. It is to be noted that a motion for more definite statement is not to be used to assist in getting the facts in preparation for trial as such. Other rules relating to discovery, interrogatories and the like exist for this purpose.”
See also 1A Barron & Holtzoff, supra, § 362 and numerous cases cited therein.
Applying Rule 12(e) to the case before me, I see no reason why the defendant, from its knowledge of its own records, payrolls, and operations, would be unable to either admit or deny the allegations concerning coverage and violations. If the defendant does not in good faith believe that it has violated the Act, or that its operations were subject to *18the Act, it can say so by denying the allegations in the complaint and an issue will be drawn. The same is true if defendant is uncertain of the interpretation of the law or the underlying facts, and therefore entertains a genuine doubt about coverage of one or more employees, or compliance with 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) (1). The defendant will have ample opportunity to obtain detailed evidentiary information under the discovery rules. Rules 26-37, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This evidentiary detail is neither a necessary part of the complaint under F.R.Civ.P. 8, nor is it needed to frame a response under Rule 12(e).
The motion for a more definite statement is hereby denied.