diff --git a/devTools/regionsImporter/readme.md b/devTools/regionsImporter/readme.md
index 73249c33af4..f1251253a20 100644
--- a/devTools/regionsImporter/readme.md
+++ b/devTools/regionsImporter/readme.md
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ The data file is used primarily for:
 -   determining whether entities are states and which of those have country pages (see `regions.ts`)
 -   establishing region → country mappings (see `WorldRegionsToProjection.ts`)
 
-
 ## Updating Region Data
 
 The `regions.json` file can be updated manually by running `yarn importRegions` which triggers the `update.ts` script in `devTools/regionsImporter` and prints out a diff if anything has changed. If, after looking over the changes, everything looks good-to-go you can commit the updated `regions.json` and merge back into `master`.
 
 > Note: pay particular attention to changes in `slug` values for countries since this determines the URL of their country page. If a slug changes, be sure to add a redirect from the old value to the new one in WordPress.
-
diff --git a/devTools/regionsImporter/update.ts b/devTools/regionsImporter/update.ts
index 338bd7cab76..1a21b6fda6e 100644
--- a/devTools/regionsImporter/update.ts
+++ b/devTools/regionsImporter/update.ts
@@ -116,20 +116,16 @@ async function main() {
             .value()
     })
 
-    // generate new regions.json file compare to old version
+    // generate new regions.json file and compare to old version
     let newRegions = prettifiedJson(entities),
         oldRegions = await readFile(GRAPHER_REGIONS_PATH).catch((e) => ""),
         newHash = createHash("md5").update(newRegions).digest("hex"),
-        oldHash = createHash("md5").update(oldRegions).digest("hex")
+        oldHash = createHash("md5").update(oldRegions).digest("hex"),
+        message = newHash === oldHash ? "No changes" : "Contents changed"
     await writeFile(GRAPHER_REGIONS_PATH, newRegions)
 
     // report changes (if any)
-    console.log(
-        `${
-            newHash === oldHash ? "No changes" : "Contents changed"
-        }: ${GRAPHER_REGIONS_PATH}`
-    )
-
+    console.log(`${message}: ${GRAPHER_REGIONS_PATH}`)
     if (newHash !== oldHash) {
         let diff = execFileSync("git", [
             "diff",
@@ -137,7 +133,9 @@ async function main() {
             GRAPHER_REGIONS_PATH,
         ])
         console.log(diff.toString())
-        console.log("Be sure to set up redirects for any slugs that have changed")
+        console.log(
+            "Be sure to set up redirects for any slugs that have changed"
+        )
     }
 }