diff --git a/script/genassets.go b/script/genassets.go
index 5d0dfbc14..33b114109 100644
--- a/script/genassets.go
+++ b/script/genassets.go
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-var tpl = template.Must(template.New("assets").Parse(`package auto
+var tpl = template.Must(template.New("assets").Parse(`// Code generated by genassets.go - DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package auto
 
 const Generated int64 = {{.Generated}}
 
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ func walkerFor(basePath string) filepath.WalkFunc {
 			name, _ = filepath.Rel(basePath, name)
 			assets = append(assets, asset{
 				Name: filepath.ToSlash(name),
-				Data: fmt.Sprintf("%#v", buf.Bytes()), // "[]byte{0x00, 0x01, ...}"
+				Data: fmt.Sprintf("[]byte(%q)", buf.String()),
 			})
 		}