diff --git a/src/bin/fish_indent.rs b/src/bin/fish_indent.rs
index d37a8803f..141e3637f 100644
--- a/src/bin/fish_indent.rs
+++ b/src/bin/fish_indent.rs
@@ -979,7 +979,10 @@ enum OutputType {
                     Ok(mut file) => {
                         // If the output is the same as the input, don't write it.
                         if output_wtext != src {
-                            let _ = file.write_all(&wcs2string(&output_wtext));
+                            let text = wcs2string(&output_wtext);
+                            let _ = file.write_all(&text);
+                            // Truncate the file in case it shrunk.
+                            let _ = file.set_len(text.len().try_into().unwrap());
                         }
                     }
                     Err(err) => {
diff --git a/tests/checks/indent.fish b/tests/checks/indent.fish
index e05e8679a..9648042cd 100644
--- a/tests/checks/indent.fish
+++ b/tests/checks/indent.fish
@@ -525,3 +525,9 @@ end
 # CHECK: {{^}}"
 # CHECK: {{^}}    end
 # CHECK: {{^}})
+
+set -l tmpdir (mktemp -d)
+echo 'echo "foo" "bar"' > $tmpdir/indent_test.fish
+$fish_indent --write $tmpdir/indent_test.fish
+cat $tmpdir/indent_test.fish
+# CHECK: echo foo bar