diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index c13e8f9..c2a3f1e 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -31632,19 +31632,16 @@ const core = __importStar(__nccwpck_require__(2186));
 const date_fns_1 = __nccwpck_require__(3314);
 function processBranch(plan, branch, commitComments, params) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+        console.log("-> branch was last updated by " + branch.username + " on " + branch.date);
         if (plan.action === "skip") {
             console.log(plan.reason);
             return;
         }
-        if (plan.action === "keep stale") {
-            console.log("Branch was marked stale on " + (0, formatISO_1.default)(plan.lastCommentTime));
-            console.log("It will be removed on " + (0, formatISO_1.default)(plan.cutoffTime));
-            return;
-        }
         if (plan.action === "mark stale") {
-            console.log("Marking branch as stale");
-            console.log("It will be removed on " + (0, formatISO_1.default)(plan.cutoffTime));
+            console.log("-> branch will be removed on " + (0, formatISO_1.default)(plan.cutoffTime));
+            console.log("-> marking branch as stale");
             if (params.isDryRun) {
+                console.log("-> (doing nothing because of dry run flag)");
                 return;
             }
             const commentTag = "stale:" + branch.branchName;
@@ -31654,11 +31651,16 @@ function processBranch(plan, branch, commitComments, params) {
                 commentBody: commitComments_1.TaggedCommitComments.formatCommentMessage(params.staleCommentMessage, branch, params, params.repo),
             });
         }
+        console.log("-> branch was marked stale on " + plan.lastCommentTime);
+        if (plan.action === "keep stale") {
+            console.log("-> branch will be removed on " + (0, formatISO_1.default)(plan.cutoffTime));
+            return;
+        }
         if (plan.action === "remove") {
-            console.log("-> 🗑️ removing stale branch (stale comment date is " +
-                (0, formatISO_1.default)(plan.lastCommentTime) +
-                " and cut-off is " + (0, formatISO_1.default)(plan.cutoffTime) + ')');
+            console.log("-> branch was slated for deletion on " + plan.cutoffTime);
+            console.log("-> removing branch");
             if (params.isDryRun) {
+                console.log("-> (doing nothing because of dry run flag)");
                 return;
             }
             commitComments.deleteBranch(branch);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4fa47c0..5978c2d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "remove-stale-branches",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.5.1",
+  "version": "1.5.2",
   "description": "Cleanup stale branches from a repository",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "author": "Francois Picalausa <fpicalausa@gmail.com>",
diff --git a/src/removeStaleBranches.ts b/src/removeStaleBranches.ts
index cde897b..8897f38 100644
--- a/src/removeStaleBranches.ts
+++ b/src/removeStaleBranches.ts
@@ -21,28 +21,23 @@ async function processBranch(
   commitComments: TaggedCommitComments,
   params: Params
 ) {
+  console.log(
+    "-> branch was last updated by " + branch.username + " on " + branch.date);
+
   if (plan.action === "skip") {
     console.log(plan.reason);
     return;
   }
 
-  if (plan.action === "keep stale") {
-    console.log(
-      "Branch was marked stale on " + formatISO(plan.lastCommentTime)
-    );
-    console.log(
-      "It will be removed on " + formatISO(plan.cutoffTime)
-    );
-    return;
-  }
 
   if (plan.action === "mark stale") {
-    console.log("Marking branch as stale");
     console.log(
-      "It will be removed on " + formatISO(plan.cutoffTime)
+      "-> branch will be removed on " + formatISO(plan.cutoffTime)
     );
+    console.log("-> marking branch as stale");
 
     if (params.isDryRun) {
+      console.log("-> (doing nothing because of dry run flag)");
       return;
     }
 
@@ -59,14 +54,21 @@ async function processBranch(
     });
   }
 
-  if (plan.action === "remove") {
+  console.log(
+    "-> branch was marked stale on " + plan.lastCommentTime);
+
+  if (plan.action === "keep stale") {
     console.log(
-      "-> 🗑️ removing stale branch (stale comment date is " +
-        formatISO(plan.lastCommentTime) +
-        " and cut-off is " + formatISO(plan.cutoffTime) + ')'
+      "-> branch will be removed on " + formatISO(plan.cutoffTime)
     );
+    return;
+  }
 
+  if (plan.action === "remove") {
+    console.log("-> branch was slated for deletion on " + plan.cutoffTime);
+    console.log("-> removing branch");
     if (params.isDryRun) {
+      console.log("-> (doing nothing because of dry run flag)");
       return;
     }