diff --git a/certbot-nginx/certbot_nginx/configurator.py b/certbot-nginx/certbot_nginx/configurator.py
index 8157e48f1..b2d39b388 100644
--- a/certbot-nginx/certbot_nginx/configurator.py
+++ b/certbot-nginx/certbot_nginx/configurator.py
@@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ class NginxConfigurator(common.Plugin):
         :type unused_options: Not Available
         """
         redirect_block = [[
-            ['if', '($scheme != "https")'],
-            [['return', '301 https://$host$request_uri']]
+            ['\n', 'if', ' ', '($scheme != "https")'],
+            [['\n    ', 'return', ' ', '301 https://$host$request_uri']]
         ]]
         self.parser.add_server_directives(
             vhost.filep, vhost.names, redirect_block, replace=False)