diff --git a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/create-pull-request.yml b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/create-pull-request.yml
index 940d4672c867..df364d447862 100644
--- a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/create-pull-request.yml
+++ b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/create-pull-request.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ parameters:
   PRTitle: not-specified
   PRBody: ''
   ScriptDirectory: eng/common/scripts
-  GHReviewersVariable: '' 
+  GHReviewersVariable: ''
   GHTeamReviewersVariable: ''
   GHAssignessVariable: ''
   # Multiple labels seperated by comma, e.g. "bug, APIView"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ steps:
     PushArgs: ${{ parameters.PushArgs }}
     WorkingDirectory: ${{ parameters.WorkingDirectory }}
     ScriptDirectory: ${{ parameters.ScriptDirectory }}
-    SkipCheckingForChanges: ${{ parameters.SkipCheckingForChanges }} 
+    SkipCheckingForChanges: ${{ parameters.SkipCheckingForChanges }}
 
 - task: PowerShell@2
   displayName: Create pull request
diff --git a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/sparse-checkout.yml b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/sparse-checkout.yml
index b7dfa79a807a..cf81555d775d 100644
--- a/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/sparse-checkout.yml
+++ b/eng/common/pipelines/templates/steps/sparse-checkout.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ steps:
     - pwsh: |
         $dir = "${{ coalesce(repo.WorkingDirectory, format('{0}/{1}', '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)', repo.Name)) }}"
         New-Item $dir -ItemType Directory -Force
+      displayName: Create ${{ repo.Name }} directories
 
     - pwsh: |
         git clone --no-checkout --filter=tree:0 git://github.com/${{ repo.Name }} .