diff --git a/src/leiningen/new.clj b/src/leiningen/new.clj
index fcfcb327..1645812d 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new.clj
+++ b/src/leiningen/new.clj
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ Neither group-id nor artifact-id may contain slashes."
                (str "(ns " (str project-ns "-test")
                     "\n  (:use [" project-ns "] :reload-all)"
                     "\n  (:use [clojure.test]))\n\n"
-                    "(deftest replace-me ;; FIXME: write\n  (is false))\n"))
+                    "(deftest replace-me ;; FIXME: write\n  (is false "
+                    "\"No tests have been written.\"))\n"))
          (spit (file project-dir ".gitignore")
                (join "\n" ["pom.xml" "*jar" "lib" "classes"]))
          (spit (file project-dir "README")
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ Neither group-id nor artifact-id may contain slashes."
                                  "## Installation" "FIXME: write"
                                  "## License" "Copyright (C) 2010 FIXME"
                                  (str "Distributed under the Eclipse Public"
-                                      " License, the same as Clojure."\n)]))
+                                      " License, the same as Clojure.\n")]))
          (println "Created new project in:" project-dir))))
   ([project-name] (leiningen.new/new project-name
                                      (name (symbol project-name)))))