diff --git a/templates/netplan.yaml.j2 b/templates/netplan.yaml.j2
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+---
+# created from netplan.yaml.j2 {{ ansible_managed }}
+{#
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#}
+network:
+  version: 2
+  renderer: {{ netprep_netplan_renderer }}
+  {{ netprep_netplan | to_nice_yaml | indent(2) }}