diff --git a/tools/update-tags-encoding b/tools/update-tags-encoding
index 03b866e..9ab10a0 100755
--- a/tools/update-tags-encoding
+++ b/tools/update-tags-encoding
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
-# Check out the specified branch (or `entomologist-data` if not specified)
-# in a temporary worktree.
-#
-# For each issue with a `tags` file:
-#
-#     replace the old-style tags file with a new-style tags dir
-#
-#     git commit
+# Check out the `entomologist-data` branch in a temporary worktree.
+# For each issue with a `tags` file, replace the old-style tags file with a new-style tags dir.
+# git commit
 
 set -e
 #set -x