diff --git a/src/scripts/ci/Invoke-Generate.ps1 b/src/scripts/ci/Invoke-Generate.ps1
index f7071d1..8cb34f6 100644
--- a/src/scripts/ci/Invoke-Generate.ps1
+++ b/src/scripts/ci/Invoke-Generate.ps1
@@ -47,12 +47,13 @@ try {
 
     # Generate release notes
     if ($env:PROJECT_DIRECTORY) {
+        "Using specified project directory '$env:PROJECT_DIRECTORY'" | Write-Verbose
         $private:ProjectDir = $env:PROJECT_DIRECTORY
     }else {
         $private:superProjectDir = git rev-parse --show-superproject-working-tree
         if ($private:superProjectDir) {
             $private:ProjectDir = $private:superProjectDir
-            "Using superproject path '$private:ProjectDir'" | Write-Verbose
+            "Using superproject directory '$private:ProjectDir'" | Write-Verbose
         }else {
             throw "`$env:PROJECT_DIRECTORY is undefined or superproject directory cannot be determined." | Write-Verbose
         }
@@ -60,19 +61,26 @@ try {
     $private:generateArgs = @{
         Path = $private:ProjectDir
         TagName = if ($env:RELEASE_TAG_REF) {
-                      $env:RELEASE_TAG_REF
+                        "Using specified ref '$env:RELEASE_TAG_REF'" | Write-Verbose
+                        $env:RELEASE_TAG_REF
                   }else {
-                      "`$env:RELEASE_TAG_REF is null or undefined. Using the default ref 'HEAD'" | Write-Verbose
+                      "Using default ref 'HEAD'" | Write-Verbose
                       'HEAD'
                   }
-        Variant = if ($env:RELEASE_NOTES_VARIANT) { $env:RELEASE_NOTES_VARIANT } else { 'VersionDate-HashSubject-NoMerges-CategorizedSorted' }
+        Variant = if ($env:RELEASE_NOTES_VARIANT) {
+                        "Using specified release notes variant '$env:RELEASE_NOTES_VARIANT'" | Write-Verbose
+                        $env:RELEASE_NOTES_VARIANT
+                  }else {
+                    "Using default release notes variant 'VersionDate-HashSubject-NoMerges-CategorizedSorted'" | Write-Verbose
+                    'VersionDate-HashSubject-NoMerges-CategorizedSorted'
+                }
         ReleaseNotesPath = if ($env:RELEASE_NOTES_PATH) {
                                "Using specified release notes path '$env:RELEASE_NOTES_PATH'" | Write-Verbose
                                if ([System.IO.Path]::IsPathRooted($env:RELEASE_NOTES_PATH)) { $env:RELEASE_NOTES_PATH }
                                else { "$private:ProjectDir/$env:RELEASE_NOTES_PATH" }
                            }else {
                                $private:defaultReleaseNotesPath = "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.release-notes.md"
-                               "Using the default release notes path '$private:defaultReleaseNotesPath'" | Write-Verbose
+                               "Using default release notes path '$private:defaultReleaseNotesPath'" | Write-Verbose
                                $private:defaultReleaseNotesPath
                            }
     }
diff --git a/src/scripts/ci/Invoke-Release.ps1 b/src/scripts/ci/Invoke-Release.ps1
index bb6b5a7..d7409c3 100644
--- a/src/scripts/ci/Invoke-Release.ps1
+++ b/src/scripts/ci/Invoke-Release.ps1
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ try {
 
     # Create GitHub release
     if ($env:PROJECT_DIRECTORY) {
+        "Using specified project directory '$env:PROJECT_DIRECTORY'" | Write-Verbose
         $private:ProjectDir = $env:PROJECT_DIRECTORY
     }else {
         $private:superProjectDir = git rev-parse --show-superproject-working-tree
         if ($private:superProjectDir) {
             $private:ProjectDir = $private:superProjectDir
-            "Using superproject path '$private:ProjectDir'" | Write-Verbose
+            "Using superproject directory '$private:ProjectDir'" | Write-Verbose
         }else {
             throw "`$env:PROJECT_DIRECTORY is undefined or superproject directory cannot be determined." | Write-Verbose
         }
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ try {
     }else {
         $private:defaultReleaseNotesPath = "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.release-notes.md"
         if (Test-Path -Path $private:defaultReleaseNotesPath -PathType Leaf) {
-            "Sourcing from the default release notes path '$private:defaultReleaseNotesPath'" | Write-Verbose
+            "Sourcing from default release notes path '$private:defaultReleaseNotesPath'" | Write-Verbose
             $private:createReleaseArgs['ReleaseNotesPath'] = $private:defaultReleaseNotesPath
         }else {
             "Default release notes not found at the path '$private:defaultReleaseNotesPath'. No release notes will be included with the release." | Write-Verbose