diff --git a/cmd/stack_import.go b/cmd/stack_import.go
index d58a8e3c6..d5c592fc1 100644
--- a/cmd/stack_import.go
+++ b/cmd/stack_import.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func newStackImportCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			}
 
 			var deployment json.RawMessage
-			if err := json.NewDecoder(os.Stdin).Decode(&deployment); err != nil {
+			if err = json.NewDecoder(os.Stdin).Decode(&deployment); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
diff --git a/pkg/backend/stack.go b/pkg/backend/stack.go
index 21d8054a6..95b7a6c07 100644
--- a/pkg/backend/stack.go
+++ b/pkg/backend/stack.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type Stack interface {
 	Update(debug bool, opts engine.DeployOptions) error               // update this stack.
 	Destroy(debug bool, opts engine.DestroyOptions) error             // destroy this stack's resources.
 	GetLogs(query operations.LogQuery) ([]operations.LogEntry, error) // list log entries for this stack.
-	ExportDeployment() (json.RawMessage, error)                       // export this stack's deployment as an opaque JSON message.
+	ExportDeployment() (json.RawMessage, error)                       // export this stack's deployment.
 	ImportDeployment(json.RawMessage) error                           // import the given deployment into this stack.
 }