diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a3f9b157..a586ebb0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "merge-messages": "node scripts/merge-messages.js",
     "generate-lang": "npm-run-all extract-messages merge-messages",
     "format-lang": "node scripts/format-lang.js",
-    "compile-lang": "formatjs compile-folder --ast build public/intl/messages",
+    "compile-lang": "formatjs compile-folder --ast build/messages public/intl/messages",
     "check-lang": "node scripts/check-lang.js",
     "download-country-names": "node scripts/download-country-names.js",
     "download-language-names": "node scripts/download-language-names.js",
diff --git a/scripts/format-lang.js b/scripts/format-lang.js
index bd038081..941fd672 100644
--- a/scripts/format-lang.js
+++ b/scripts/format-lang.js
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ const del = require('del');
 const prettier = require('prettier');
 
 const src = path.resolve(__dirname, '../lang');
-const dest = path.resolve(__dirname, '../build');
+const dest = path.resolve(__dirname, '../build/messages');
 const files = fs.readdirSync(src);
 
-del.sync([path.join(dest, '*.json')]);
+del.sync([path.join(dest)]);
 
+/*
+This script takes the files from the `lang` folder and formats them into
+the format that format-js expects.
+ */
 async function run() {
   await fs.ensureDir(dest);
 
diff --git a/scripts/merge-messages.js b/scripts/merge-messages.js
index 85e0b3b5..a7415314 100644
--- a/scripts/merge-messages.js
+++ b/scripts/merge-messages.js
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ const dest = path.resolve(__dirname, '../lang');
 const files = fs.readdirSync(dest);
 const keys = Object.keys(messages).sort();
 
+/*
+This script takes extracted messages and merges them
+with the existing files under `lang`. Any newly added
+keys will be printed to the console.
+ */
 files.forEach(file => {
   const lang = require(`../lang/${file}`);