diff --git a/pipelines/shared-tasks/create-or-update-pr/task.sh b/pipelines/shared-tasks/create-or-update-pr/task.sh
index 69ce87a8f..6df432a59 100755
--- a/pipelines/shared-tasks/create-or-update-pr/task.sh
+++ b/pipelines/shared-tasks/create-or-update-pr/task.sh
@@ -55,12 +55,15 @@ else
   echo "The branch already exists, so pull it."
   # Fetch all the remote branches so we can use one of them.
   git fetch https_origin
+  echo "Comparing local changes to remote branch..."
   # Check if our local changes are different from what is already on the remote branch.
   stagedAndUnstagedDiffs=$(git --no-pager diff https_origin/"$BRANCH")
   if [[ "$stagedAndUnstagedDiffs" == "" ]]; then
-    # The changes that we made locally are the same as what is already on the branch.
     echo "Local git changes are the same as what is already on remote branch $BRANCH. Done."
     exit 0
+  else
+    echo "Local and remote had diffs:"
+    echo "$stagedAndUnstagedDiffs"
   fi
   # Stash our changes before using git checkout and git reset, which both can throw away local changes.
   git status