diff --git a/integration/render_test.go b/integration/render_test.go
index 82650d11f1d..60ff769c9a6 100644
--- a/integration/render_test.go
+++ b/integration/render_test.go
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ spec:
   containers:
   - image: gcr.io/k8s-skaffold/skaffold:test
     name: skaffold
-
 `,
 		},
 		{
@@ -92,7 +91,6 @@ spec:
     name: image1
   - image: gcr.io/project/image2:tag2
     name: image2
-
 `,
 		},
 		{
@@ -129,7 +127,7 @@ spec:
   containers:
   - image: gcr.io/project/image1:tag1
     name: image1
-
+---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Pod
 metadata:
@@ -138,7 +136,6 @@ spec:
   containers:
   - image: gcr.io/project/image2:tag2
     name: image2
-
 `,
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/deploy/kubectl.go b/pkg/skaffold/deploy/kubectl.go
index 21ee85f97e9..d59c1c5c354 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/deploy/kubectl.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/deploy/kubectl.go
@@ -235,10 +235,13 @@ func (k *KubectlDeployer) Render(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, builds []bu
 		manifestOut = bufio.NewWriter(f)
 	}
 
-	for _, m := range manifests {
-		if _, err := fmt.Fprintln(manifestOut, string(m)); err != nil {
+	for i := 0; i < len(manifests); i++ {
+		if _, err := fmt.Fprintf(manifestOut, string(manifests[i])); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "writing manifests")
 		}
+		if i < len(manifests)-1 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(manifestOut, "---\n")
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }