diff --git a/hshetl/entities.py b/hshetl/entities.py
index 8518306a61548375a5111cf5fcf352f51482c307..c330310c3f63e37f36d7d69ca98b321a48651422 100644
--- a/hshetl/entities.py
+++ b/hshetl/entities.py
@@ -627,7 +627,10 @@ class EntityList(list):
                 if operation == OPERATION_INSERT:
                     value = u'\033[32m' + source_value + u'\033[0m'
                 elif operation == OPERATION_UPDATE:
-                    value = u'\033[31m' + target_value + u'\033[0m' + u'\n' + u'\033[32m' + source_value + u'\033[0m'
+                    if target_value != source_value:
+                        value = u'\033[31m' + target_value + u'\033[0m' + u'\n' + u'\033[32m' + source_value + u'\033[0m'
+                    else:
+                        value = source_value
                 elif operation == OPERATION_DELETE:
                     value = u'\033[31m' + target_value + u'\033[0m'
                 else: