diff --git a/release.py b/release.py
index 4057ab785..1fb82fed7 100755
--- a/release.py
+++ b/release.py
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 
 
 def system(command):
-    print(command)
+    """Execute a system command and exit if it fails."""
+    print(f"Executing: {command}")
     exit_code = os.system(command)
     if exit_code != 0:
+        print(f"Command failed with exit code {exit_code}. Exiting.")
         sys.exit(exit_code)
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b825adb44..33870daaf 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ def read_description():
         "//readthedocs.org/projects/python-chess/badge/?version=latest",
         "//readthedocs.org/projects/python-chess/badge/?version=v{}".format(chess.__version__))
 
-    # Remove doctest comments.
+    # Remove doctest-specific comments from the README for cleaner output.
     description = re.sub(r"\s*# doctest:.*", "", description)
 
+
     return description