diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
index fbd2a1637b3..9bbcc6d9f54 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_new.rs
@@ -524,12 +524,12 @@ impl IgnoreList {
             _ => &self.ignore,
         };
 
-        let mut out = "\n\n#Added by cargo\n".to_string();
+        let mut out = "\n\n# Added by cargo\n".to_string();
         if ignore_items
             .iter()
             .any(|item| existing_items.contains(item))
         {
-            out.push_str("#\n#already existing elements were commented out\n");
+            out.push_str("#\n# already existing elements were commented out\n");
         }
         out.push('\n');
 
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/init.rs b/tests/testsuite/init.rs
index 9acc01f408a..9cbcdf0686a 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/init.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/init.rs
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ fn simple_git_ignore_exists() {
         contents,
         "/target\n\
          **/some.file\n\n\
-         #Added by cargo\n\
+         # Added by cargo\n\
          #\n\
-         #already existing elements were commented out\n\
+         # already existing elements were commented out\n\
          \n\
          #/target\n\
          Cargo.lock\n",
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ fn git_ignore_exists_no_conflicting_entries() {
     assert_eq!(
         contents,
         "**/some.file\n\n\
-         #Added by cargo\n\
+         # Added by cargo\n\
          \n\
          /target\n\
          Cargo.lock\n",