diff --git a/goreleaserlib/goreleaser.go b/goreleaserlib/goreleaser.go
index 378608788..9f6c37dc7 100644
--- a/goreleaserlib/goreleaser.go
+++ b/goreleaserlib/goreleaser.go
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pipeline/defaults"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pipeline/dist"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pipeline/docker"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pipeline/effectiveconfig"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pipeline/env"
-	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pipeline/finalconfig"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pipeline/fpm"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pipeline/git"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pipeline/release"
@@ -38,20 +38,20 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 var pipes = []pipeline.Piper{
-	defaults.Pipe{},    // load default configs
-	dist.Pipe{},        // ensure ./dist is clean
-	finalconfig.Pipe{}, // writes the actual config (with defaults et al set) to dist
-	git.Pipe{},         // get and validate git repo state
-	changelog.Pipe{},   // builds the release changelog
-	env.Pipe{},         // load and validate environment variables
-	build.Pipe{},       // build
-	archive.Pipe{},     // archive (tar.gz, zip, etc)
-	fpm.Pipe{},         // archive via fpm (deb, rpm, etc)
-	snapcraft.Pipe{},   // archive via snapcraft (snap)
-	checksums.Pipe{},   // checksums of the files
-	docker.Pipe{},      // create and push docker images
-	release.Pipe{},     // release to github
-	brew.Pipe{},        // push to brew tap
+	defaults.Pipe{},        // load default configs
+	dist.Pipe{},            // ensure ./dist is clean
+	effectiveconfig.Pipe{}, // writes the actual config (with defaults et al set) to dist
+	git.Pipe{},             // get and validate git repo state
+	changelog.Pipe{},       // builds the release changelog
+	env.Pipe{},             // load and validate environment variables
+	build.Pipe{},           // build
+	archive.Pipe{},         // archive (tar.gz, zip, etc)
+	fpm.Pipe{},             // archive via fpm (deb, rpm, etc)
+	snapcraft.Pipe{},       // archive via snapcraft (snap)
+	checksums.Pipe{},       // checksums of the files
+	docker.Pipe{},          // create and push docker images
+	release.Pipe{},         // release to github
+	brew.Pipe{},            // push to brew tap
 }
 
 // Flags interface represents an extractor of cli flags
diff --git a/pipeline/defaults/defaults.go b/pipeline/defaults/defaults.go
index fed2d5d22..dc1e88ea6 100644
--- a/pipeline/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/pipeline/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pipeline/snapshot"
 )
 
-// Pipe for brew deployment
+// Pipe that sets the defaults
 type Pipe struct{}
 
 func (Pipe) String() string {
@@ -50,4 +50,3 @@ func (Pipe) Run(ctx *context.Context) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
diff --git a/pipeline/finalconfig/finalconfig.go b/pipeline/effectiveconfig/config.go
similarity index 69%
rename from pipeline/finalconfig/finalconfig.go
rename to pipeline/effectiveconfig/config.go
index 37becbbce..94faa3278 100644
--- a/pipeline/finalconfig/finalconfig.go
+++ b/pipeline/effectiveconfig/config.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package finalconfig
+package effectiveconfig
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -9,19 +9,21 @@ import (
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
+// Pipe that writes the effective config file to dist
 type Pipe struct {
 }
 
 func (Pipe) String() string {
-	return "writing the final config file to dist folder"
+	return "writing effective config file"
 }
 
+// Run the pipe
 func (Pipe) Run(ctx *context.Context) (err error) {
 	var path = filepath.Join(ctx.Config.Dist, "config.yaml")
 	bts, err := yaml.Marshal(ctx.Config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	log.WithField("path", path).Info("writting")
+	log.WithField("config", path).Info("writting")
 	return ioutil.WriteFile(path, bts, 0644)
 }
diff --git a/pipeline/effectiveconfig/config_test.go b/pipeline/effectiveconfig/config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5a9ea346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipeline/effectiveconfig/config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package effectiveconfig
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/config"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/context"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/testlib"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestPipeDescription(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, Pipe{}.String())
+}
+
+func Test(t *testing.T) {
+	folder, back := testlib.Mktmp(t)
+	defer back()
+	dist := filepath.Join(folder, "dist")
+	assert.NoError(t, os.Mkdir(dist, 0755))
+	var ctx = context.New(
+		config.Project{
+			Dist: dist,
+		},
+	)
+	assert.NoError(t, Pipe{}.Run(ctx))
+	bts, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dist, "config.yaml"))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, string(bts))
+}