diff --git a/lsp/nls/src/requests/formatting.rs b/lsp/nls/src/requests/formatting.rs
index c3dc31f9cb..e4d555d120 100644
--- a/lsp/nls/src/requests/formatting.rs
+++ b/lsp/nls/src/requests/formatting.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ pub fn handle_format_document(
     let file_id = server.cache.id_of(&SourcePath::Path(path)).unwrap();
     let text = server.cache.files().source(file_id).clone();
     let document_length = text.lines().count() as u32;
-    let last_line_length = text.lines().next_back().unwrap().len() as u32;
 
     let mut formatted: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
     nickel_lang_core::format::format(text.as_bytes(), &mut formatted).map_err(|err| {
@@ -39,9 +38,12 @@ pub fn handle_format_document(
                 line: 0,
                 character: 0,
             },
+            // The end position is exclusive. Since we want to replace the
+            // entire document, we specify the beginning of the line after the
+            // last line in the document.
             end: Position {
-                line: document_length - 1,
-                character: last_line_length,
+                line: document_length,
+                character: 0,
             },
         },
         new_text: formatted,
diff --git a/lsp/nls/src/requests/formatting_external.rs b/lsp/nls/src/requests/formatting_external.rs
index b7a4ea7974..842e027adf 100644
--- a/lsp/nls/src/requests/formatting_external.rs
+++ b/lsp/nls/src/requests/formatting_external.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ pub fn handle_format_document(
     let file_id = server.cache.id_of(&SourcePath::Path(path)).unwrap();
     let text = server.cache.files().source(file_id).clone();
     let document_length = text.lines().count() as u32;
-    let last_line_length = text.lines().next_back().unwrap().len() as u32;
 
     let Ok(mut topiary) = process::Command::new(FORMATTING_COMMAND[0])
         .args(&FORMATTING_COMMAND[1..])
@@ -62,9 +61,12 @@ pub fn handle_format_document(
                 line: 0,
                 character: 0,
             },
+            // The end position is exclusive. Since we want to replace the
+            // entire document, we specify the beginning of the line after the
+            // last line in the document.
             end: Position {
-                line: document_length - 1,
-                character: last_line_length,
+                line: document_length,
+                character: 0,
             },
         },
         new_text,
diff --git a/lsp/nls/tests/snapshots/main__lsp__nls__tests__inputs__formatting.ncl.snap b/lsp/nls/tests/snapshots/main__lsp__nls__tests__inputs__formatting.ncl.snap
index 225ef795ac..254180371d 100644
--- a/lsp/nls/tests/snapshots/main__lsp__nls__tests__inputs__formatting.ncl.snap
+++ b/lsp/nls/tests/snapshots/main__lsp__nls__tests__inputs__formatting.ncl.snap
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 source: lsp/nls/tests/main.rs
 expression: output
 ---
-[<0:0-1:8> {
+[<0:0-2:0> {
   foo = "bar",
   baz = 7
 }