diff --git a/ts/models/conversations.ts b/ts/models/conversations.ts
index 3cd8ecb93..20d6b8231 100644
--- a/ts/models/conversations.ts
+++ b/ts/models/conversations.ts
@@ -2659,17 +2659,17 @@ export class ConversationModel extends window.Backbone
       }
     }
 
-    const didSomethingChange = keyChange || beginningVerified !== verified;
+    const didVerifiedChange = beginningVerified !== verified;
     const isExplicitUserAction = !options.viaStorageServiceSync;
     const shouldShowFromStorageSync =
       options.viaStorageServiceSync && verified !== UNVERIFIED;
     if (
-      // The message came from an explicit verification in a client (not a contact sync
-      //   or storage service sync)
-      (didSomethingChange && isExplicitUserAction) ||
-      // The verification value received by the contact sync is different from what we
+      // The message came from an explicit verification in a client (not
+      // storage service sync)
+      (didVerifiedChange && isExplicitUserAction) ||
+      // The verification value received by the storage sync is different from what we
       //   have on record (and it's not a transition to UNVERIFIED)
-      (didSomethingChange && shouldShowFromStorageSync) ||
+      (didVerifiedChange && shouldShowFromStorageSync) ||
       // Our local verification status is VERIFIED and it hasn't changed, but the key did
       //   change (Key1/VERIFIED -> Key2/VERIFIED), but we don't want to show DEFAULT ->
       //   DEFAULT or UNVERIFIED -> UNVERIFIED