diff --git a/dlt/cli/pipeline_command.py b/dlt/cli/pipeline_command.py
index 8b341f615c..9981fa8493 100644
--- a/dlt/cli/pipeline_command.py
+++ b/dlt/cli/pipeline_command.py
@@ -263,13 +263,13 @@ def _display_pending_packages() -> Tuple[Sequence[str], Sequence[str]]:
             fmt.warning("Pipeline does not have a default schema")
         else:
             fmt.echo("Found schema with name %s" % fmt.bold(p.default_schema_name))
-        format = command_kwargs.get("format")
-        remove_defaults = command_kwargs.get("remove_defaults")
+        format_ = command_kwargs.get("format")
+        remove_defaults_ = command_kwargs.get("remove_defaults")
         s = p.default_schema
-        if format == "json":
-            schema_str = json.dumps(s.to_dict(remove_defaults=remove_defaults), pretty=True)
+        if format_ == "json":
+            schema_str = json.dumps(s.to_dict(remove_defaults=remove_defaults_), pretty=True)
         else:
-            schema_str = s.to_pretty_yaml(remove_defaults=remove_defaults)
+            schema_str = s.to_pretty_yaml(remove_defaults=remove_defaults_)
         fmt.echo(schema_str)
 
     if operation == "drop":