diff --git a/benchmark/scripts/Template.swift b/benchmark/scripts/Template.swift
index f591868dad5..ad824360fcf 100644
--- a/benchmark/scripts/Template.swift
+++ b/benchmark/scripts/Template.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//===--- {name}.swift {padding}----===//
+//===--- {name}.swift {padding}---===//
 //
 // This source file is part of the Swift.org open source project
 //
diff --git a/benchmark/scripts/create_benchmark.py b/benchmark/scripts/create_benchmark.py
index 879b8fd28ec..12778d6d283 100755
--- a/benchmark/scripts/create_benchmark.py
+++ b/benchmark/scripts/create_benchmark.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def create_benchmark_file(name):
     # fill in missing template details
     file_text = file_text.format(
         name = name,
-        padding = "-" * (55 - len(name)),
+        padding = "-" * (56 - len(name)),
         year = datetime.date.today().year
     )