diff --git a/.github/scripts/update_tech_doc.sh b/.github/scripts/check_tech_doc.sh
similarity index 54%
rename from .github/scripts/update_tech_doc.sh
rename to .github/scripts/check_tech_doc.sh
index 8b3e9b72d..f6c3bb5c1 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/update_tech_doc.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/check_tech_doc.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# This script rebuilds technical documentation for the ush and tests/WE2E Python scripts
-# The build will fail if there are warnings. 
-# Warnings may be caused by incomplete or nonexistent documentation
-# as well as by minor issues such as broken external links that need to be fixed or removed
+# This script recreates technical documentation for the ush and tests/WE2E Python scripts
+# If the tech docs produced here do not match the branch's contents, the script will fail
 
 # Install prerequisites
 sudo apt-get install python3-sphinx
@@ -19,22 +17,13 @@ sphinx-apidoc -fM -o ./ush ../../ush
 sphinx-apidoc -fM -o ./tests/WE2E ../../tests/WE2E
 
 # Check for mismatch between what comes out of this action and what is in the PR. 
-diff=`git diff ${BRANCH_NAME} origin/develop`
-echo "${diff}"
 status=`git status`
-echo "${status}"
 
 if [ -n status ]; then
-  echo "${status}"
+  echo "${status}\n"
   echo "Please update your Technical Documentation RST files."
   exit 1
 else
   echo "Technical documentation is up-to-date."
   exit 0
 fi
-
-# Check output from git diff command^ Why no diff on calculate_cost.rst?
-
-
-# May be able eventually to add an action that adds the properly built docs to the PR or the target branch
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/doc_tests.yaml
index 1c83ff095..59595bcba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc_tests.yaml
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@ on:
 jobs:
   doc_tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Update tech docs
-        run: .github/scripts/update_tech_doc.sh
+      - name: Check tech docs
+        run: .github/scripts/check_tech_doc.sh
       - name: Build documentation
         run: |
           cd doc