diff --git a/create.sh b/create.sh
index 479c3cf..f496b12 100644
--- a/create.sh
+++ b/create.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# how this was created
-mysqldump -u io500committee --no-create-info --extended-insert --single-transaction -p -h mysql.io500.org io500_db > data.sql
-# break lines to format it better
-sed "s/),/),\n/g" data.sql > dump.sql
-
-
+# dump the database into plain text so that it can be reviewed more easily
+# split output with one record per line so that it is human-readable in Git
+mysqldump -u io500committee --no-create-info --extended-insert --single-transaction -p -h mysql.io500.org io500_db | sed "s/),/),\n/g" > data.sql