diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-with-external-dir.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-with-external-dir.txt
index 34645fde8..d12220663 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-with-external-dir.txt
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-with-external-dir.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ metadata:
     # This makes it easy to audit chart usage.
     helm.sh/chart: "configmap-0.1.0"
 data:
-  external.1.conf: glob-external-1
-  external.2.conf: glob-external-2
-  external.txt: out-of-chart-dir
+  external.1.conf: |
+    glob-external-1
+  external.2.conf: |
+    glob-external-2
+  external.txt: |
+    out-of-chart-dir
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-with-external-file.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-with-external-file.txt
index 9550768c0..fcbdad5fe 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-with-external-file.txt
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-with-external-file.txt
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ metadata:
     # This makes it easy to audit chart usage.
     helm.sh/chart: "configmap-0.1.0"
 data:
-  external.txt: out-of-chart-dir
+  external.txt: |
+    out-of-chart-dir
diff --git a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-with-external-glob.txt b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-with-external-glob.txt
index 7796e1c7e..5d663af0d 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-with-external-glob.txt
+++ b/cmd/helm/testdata/output/template-with-external-glob.txt
@@ -17,5 +17,7 @@ metadata:
     # This makes it easy to audit chart usage.
     helm.sh/chart: "configmap-0.1.0"
 data:
-  external.1.conf: glob-external-1
-  external.2.conf: glob-external-2
+  external.1.conf: |
+    glob-external-1
+  external.2.conf: |
+    glob-external-2