diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 641b67c..d80ee27 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1873,6 +1873,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "toml_edit",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
+ "unindent",
  "url",
  "which",
  "winreg",
@@ -2495,6 +2496,12 @@ version = "0.1.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0336d538f7abc86d282a4189614dfaa90810dfc2c6f6427eaf88e16311dd225d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unindent"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c7de7d73e1754487cb58364ee906a499937a0dfabd86bcb980fa99ec8c8fa2ce"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "untrusted"
 version = "0.9.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 35fa863..02f321d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ semver = { version = "1.0", features = ["serde"] }
 tar = "0.4"
 tempfile = "3.3"
 thiserror = "1.0"
+unindent = "0.2"
 url = { version = "2.5", features = ["serde"] }
 which = "6.0"
 zip = "2.1"
diff --git a/lib/manifests/auth.rs b/lib/manifests/auth.rs
index 222124a..dc02bdd 100644
--- a/lib/manifests/auth.rs
+++ b/lib/manifests/auth.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 pub const MANIFEST_FILE_NAME: &str = "auth.toml";
-const MANIFEST_DEFAULT_CONTENTS: &str = "\
+pub(super) const MANIFEST_DEFAULT_CONTENTS: &str = "
 # This file lists authentication tokens managed by Rokit, a toolchain manager for Roblox projects.
 # For more information, see <|REPOSITORY_URL|>
 
@@ -196,10 +196,9 @@ impl ToString for AuthManifest {
 
 impl Default for AuthManifest {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        let document = MANIFEST_DEFAULT_CONTENTS
-            .replace("<|REPOSITORY_URL|>", env!("CARGO_PKG_REPOSITORY"))
+        let document = super::make_manifest_template(MANIFEST_DEFAULT_CONTENTS)
             .parse::<DocumentMut>()
-            .unwrap();
+            .expect("default manifest template should be valid");
         Self { document }
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/manifests/mod.rs b/lib/manifests/mod.rs
index 362ccb1..b61f998 100644
--- a/lib/manifests/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/manifests/mod.rs
@@ -3,3 +3,54 @@ mod rokit;
 
 pub use self::auth::{AuthManifest, MANIFEST_FILE_NAME as AUTH_MANIFEST_FILE_NAME};
 pub use self::rokit::{RokitManifest, MANIFEST_FILE_NAME as ROKIT_MANIFEST_FILE_NAME};
+
+/**
+    Helper function to make sure our authored manifest templates
+    have consistent formatting and the correct repository URL.
+*/
+fn make_manifest_template(template: &'static str) -> String {
+    let mut contents = unindent::unindent(template.trim())
+        .replace("<|REPOSITORY_URL|>", env!("CARGO_PKG_REPOSITORY"));
+    contents.push('\n');
+    contents
+}
+
+// Let's also test the formatting a bit to make sure nothing slips through :-)
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn has_no_indentation() {
+        let auth_contents = make_manifest_template(auth::MANIFEST_DEFAULT_CONTENTS);
+        let rokit_contents = make_manifest_template(rokit::MANIFEST_DEFAULT_CONTENTS);
+
+        assert!(!auth_contents.contains('\t'));
+        assert!(!rokit_contents.contains('\t'));
+
+        assert!(!auth_contents.contains("\n  "));
+        assert!(!rokit_contents.contains("\n  "));
+
+        assert!(!auth_contents.contains("    "));
+        assert!(!rokit_contents.contains("    "));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ends_with_newline() {
+        assert!(make_manifest_template(auth::MANIFEST_DEFAULT_CONTENTS).ends_with('\n'));
+        assert!(make_manifest_template(rokit::MANIFEST_DEFAULT_CONTENTS).ends_with('\n'));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn contains_repo_url() {
+        let auth_contents = make_manifest_template(auth::MANIFEST_DEFAULT_CONTENTS);
+        let rokit_contents = make_manifest_template(rokit::MANIFEST_DEFAULT_CONTENTS);
+
+        assert!(auth_contents.contains(env!("CARGO_PKG_REPOSITORY")));
+        assert!(rokit_contents.contains(env!("CARGO_PKG_REPOSITORY")));
+
+        assert!(!auth_contents.contains("REPOSITORY_URL"));
+        assert!(!rokit_contents.contains("REPOSITORY_URL"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/manifests/rokit.rs b/lib/manifests/rokit.rs
index df8322d..c602d55 100644
--- a/lib/manifests/rokit.rs
+++ b/lib/manifests/rokit.rs
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 pub const MANIFEST_FILE_NAME: &str = "rokit.toml";
-const MANIFEST_DEFAULT_CONTENTS: &str = "
+pub(super) const MANIFEST_DEFAULT_CONTENTS: &str = "
 # This file lists tools managed by Rokit, a toolchain manager for Roblox projects.
 # For more information, see <|REPOSITORY_URL|>
 
 # New tools can be added by running `rokit add <tool>` in a terminal.
+
 [tools]
 ";
 
@@ -253,10 +254,9 @@ impl ToString for RokitManifest {
 
 impl Default for RokitManifest {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        let document = MANIFEST_DEFAULT_CONTENTS
-            .replace("<|REPOSITORY_URL|>", env!("CARGO_PKG_REPOSITORY"))
+        let document = super::make_manifest_template(MANIFEST_DEFAULT_CONTENTS)
             .parse::<DocumentMut>()
-            .unwrap();
+            .expect("default manifest template should be valid");
         Self { document }
     }
 }