diff --git a/src/docs.mts b/src/docs.mts
index 738e4c9c9..cf5f54ae9 100644
--- a/src/docs.mts
+++ b/src/docs.mts
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ const logWasOrShouldBeTransformed = (filename: string, wasCopied: boolean) => {
  *   documentation directory. Default is `false`
  */
 const copyTransformedContents = (
-  file: string,
-  transformedContent?: string,
-  doCopy: boolean = false
+  filename: string,
+  doCopy: boolean = false,
+  transformedContent?: string
 ) => {
   const fileInFinalDocDir = changeToFinalDocDir(file);
   const existingBuffer = existsSync(fileInFinalDocDir)
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ const transformMarkdown = (file: string) => {
 
   copyTransformedContents(
     file,
+    !verifyOnly,
     prettier.format(transformed, {
       parser: 'markdown',
       useTabs: false,
@@ -159,8 +160,7 @@ const transformMarkdown = (file: string) => {
       endOfLine: 'auto',
       printWidth: 100,
       singleQuote: true,
-    }),
-    !verifyOnly
+    })
   );
 };
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ const transformHtml = (filename: string) => {
   };
 
   const transformedHTML = insertAutoGeneratedComment(filename);
-  copyTransformedContents(filename, transformedHTML, !verifyOnly);
+  copyTransformedContents(filename, !verifyOnly, transformedHTML);
 };
 
 /** Main method (entry point) */
@@ -214,8 +214,7 @@ const transformHtml = (filename: string) => {
     dot: includeFilesStartingWithDot,
   });
   otherFiles.forEach((file: string) => {
-    const transformedContents = readSyncedUTF8file(file); // no transformation is done; just get the contents
-    copyTransformedContents(file, transformedContents, !verifyOnly);
+    copyTransformedContents(file, !verifyOnly); // no transformation
   });
 
   if (filesWereTransformed) {