diff --git a/.evergreen/github_app/backport-pr.sh b/.evergreen/github_app/backport-pr.sh
index 4e56f592..c7ce8ab5 100755
--- a/.evergreen/github_app/backport-pr.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/github_app/backport-pr.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ old_title=$(git --no-pager log $target_sha --pretty=%B | head -n 1)
 title="${old_title} [${target_branch}]"
 body="Cherry-pick of $target_sha to $target_branch"
 status=0
-git cherry-pick -x -m1 $target_sha || {
+git cherry-pick -x -m1 $target_sha > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
     status=$?
 }
 if [ $status == 0 ]; then
@@ -78,47 +78,49 @@ if [ $status == 0 ]; then
         --url https://api.github.com/repos/$owner/$repo/pulls)
     echo $resp | jq '.html_url'
     echo "Creating the PR... done."
+    popd
 else
     # If the cherry-pick fails, make a comment.
     echo "Creating the cherry-pick... failed!"
     echo "Creating the PR comment..."
+    popd
     message="Sorry, unable to cherry-pick to $target_branch"
-    cat << EOF >> comment.txt
+    cat << EOF > comment.txt
 $message, please backport manually. Here are approximate instructions:
 
 1. Checkout backport branch and update it.
 
-```
-git checkout ${target_branch}
-git pull
-```
+\`\`\`
+git checkout -b ${branch} ${target_branch}
+
+git fetch origin ${target_sha}
+\`\`\`
 
 2. Cherry pick the first parent branch of the this PR on top of the older branch:
-```
+\`\`\`
 git cherry-pick -x -m1 ${target_sha}
-```
+\`\`\`
 
 3. You will likely have some merge/cherry-pick conflicts here, fix them and commit:
 
-```
+\`\`\`
 git commit -am {message}
-```
+\`\`\`
 
 4. Push to a named branch:
 
-```
-git push origin ${target_branch}:{remote_submit_branch}
-```
+\`\`\`
+git push origin ${branch}
+\`\`\`
 
 5. Create a PR against branch ${target_branch}. I would have named this PR:
 
 > "$title"
 EOF
-    node create_or_modify_comment.sh -o $owner -n $repo -m $message -c comment.txt -h $target_sha
+    node create_or_modify_comment.mjs -o $owner -n $repo -m $message -c comment.txt -h $target_sha -s "closed"
     rm comment.txt
     echo "Creating the PR comment... done."
 fi
 
-popd
 rm -rf $dirname
 popd
diff --git a/.evergreen/github_app/create_or_modify_comment.mjs b/.evergreen/github_app/create_or_modify_comment.mjs
index f5b06fef..28de5a86 100644
--- a/.evergreen/github_app/create_or_modify_comment.mjs
+++ b/.evergreen/github_app/create_or_modify_comment.mjs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ program
   .requiredOption('-m, --body-match <string>', 'The comment body to match')
   .requiredOption('-c, --comment-path <path>', 'The path to the comment body file')
   .requiredOption('-h, --head-sha <sha>', 'The sha of the head commit')
+  .option('-s, --status <status>', 'The PR status (defaults to "open")', 'open')
   .parse(process.argv);
 
 const options = program.opts();
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ const {
   repoName: repo,
   bodyMatch,
   commentPath,
-  headSha: targetSha
+  headSha: targetSha,
+  status
  } = options;
 const bodyText = fs.readFileSync(commentPath, { encoding: 'utf8' });
 
@@ -34,10 +36,10 @@ const headers =  {
 };
 
 // Find a matching comment.
-const {comment, issue_number } = await findComment(octokit, owner, repo, targetSha, bodyMatch, "open");
+const {comment, issue_number } = await findComment(octokit, owner, repo, targetSha, bodyMatch, status);
 if (!comment) {
     // create comment.
-    await octokit.request("POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/comments", {
+   var resp = await octokit.request("POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/comments", {
         owner,
         repo,
         issue_number,
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ if (!comment) {
     });
 } else {
     // update comment.
-    await octokit.request("PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/comments/{comment_id}", {
+    resp = await octokit.request("PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/comments/{comment_id}", {
         owner,
         repo,
         body: bodyText,
@@ -55,3 +57,4 @@ if (!comment) {
     });
 
 }
+console.log(resp.data.html_url)