diff --git a/transmission/updateSettings.py b/transmission/updateSettings.py
index 80ba516be..4bb81efb8 100644
--- a/transmission/updateSettings.py
+++ b/transmission/updateSettings.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import json
 import os
 import sys
 
-
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
     description='Updates output settings file based on a default file',
 )
@@ -39,18 +38,33 @@ if os.path.isfile(transmission_settings):
 else:
     configuration_baseline = default_settings
 
-print('Using config baseline ' + configuration_baseline)
+print('Using config baseline', configuration_baseline)
 
 # Read config base
-with open(configuration_baseline, 'r') as f:
-    settings_dict = json.load(f)
+with open(configuration_baseline, 'r') as input_file:
+    settings_dict = json.load(input_file)
+
+
+def setting_as_env(setting: str) -> str:
+    """Get a transmission settings environment variable name."""
+    return 'TRANSMISSION_{setting}'.format(
+        setting=setting.upper().replace('-', '_'),
+    )
+
 
 # For each setting, check if an environment variable is set to override it
 for setting in settings_dict:
-    setting_env_name = 'TRANSMISSION_' + setting.upper().replace('-', '_')
+    setting_env_name = setting_as_env(setting)
     if setting_env_name in os.environ:
-        print('Overriding ' + setting + ' because ' + setting_env_name + ' is set to ' + os.environ.get(setting_env_name))
-        settings_dict[setting] = os.environ.get(setting_env_name)
+        env_value = os.environ.get(setting_env_name)
+        print(
+            'Overriding {setting} because {env_name} is set to {value}'.format(
+                setting=setting,
+                env_name=setting_env_name,
+                value=env_value,
+            ),
+        )
+        settings_dict[setting] = env_value
 
 # Dump resulting settings to file
 with open(transmission_settings, 'w') as fp: