diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/annotate.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/annotate.go
index f3a80ff98..1a22e9b37 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/annotate.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/annotate.go
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ func (r *AnnotateRunner) runE(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	return handleError(c, kio.Pipeline{
 		Inputs:  input,
 		Filters: []kio.Filter{r},
-		Outputs: output}.Execute())
+		Outputs: output,
+	}.Execute())
 }
 
 func (r *AnnotateRunner) Filter(nodes []*yaml.RNode) ([]*yaml.RNode, error) {
diff --git a/cmd/config/internal/commands/annotate_test.go b/cmd/config/internal/commands/annotate_test.go
index 8354cff9b..13f180961 100644
--- a/cmd/config/internal/commands/annotate_test.go
+++ b/cmd/config/internal/commands/annotate_test.go
@@ -22,362 +22,40 @@ func TestAnnotateCommand(t *testing.T) {
 		expected string
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "single value",
-			args: []string{"--kv", "a=b"},
-			expected: `kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: nginx2
-  name: foo
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx2
-    a: 'b'
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
----
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: foo
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx
-    a: 'b'
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
-spec:
-  selector:
-    app: nginx
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Abstraction
-metadata:
-  name: foo
-  configFn:
-    container:
-      image: gcr.io/example/reconciler:v1
-  annotations:
-    config.kubernetes.io/local-config: "true"
-    a: 'b'
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
-  namespace: bar
-spec:
-  replicas: 3
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: nginx
-  name: bar
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx
-    a: 'b'
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
-  namespace: foo
-spec:
-  replicas: 3
-`,
+			name:     "single value",
+			args:     []string{"--kv", "a=b"},
+			expected: expectedSingleValue,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "multi value",
-			args: []string{"--kv", "a=b", "--kv", "c=d"},
-			expected: `kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: nginx2
-  name: foo
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx2
-    a: 'b'
-    c: 'd'
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
----
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: foo
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx
-    a: 'b'
-    c: 'd'
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
-spec:
-  selector:
-    app: nginx
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Abstraction
-metadata:
-  name: foo
-  configFn:
-    container:
-      image: gcr.io/example/reconciler:v1
-  annotations:
-    config.kubernetes.io/local-config: "true"
-    a: 'b'
-    c: 'd'
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
-  namespace: bar
-spec:
-  replicas: 3
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: nginx
-  name: bar
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx
-    a: 'b'
-    c: 'd'
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
-  namespace: foo
-spec:
-  replicas: 3
-`,
+			name:     "multi value",
+			args:     []string{"--kv", "a=b", "--kv", "c=d"},
+			expected: expectedMultiValue,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "filter kind",
-			args: []string{"--kv", "a=b", "--kind", "Service"},
-			expected: `kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: nginx2
-  name: foo
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx2
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
----
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: foo
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx
-    a: 'b'
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
-spec:
-  selector:
-    app: nginx
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Abstraction
-metadata:
-  name: foo
-  configFn:
-    container:
-      image: gcr.io/example/reconciler:v1
-  annotations:
-    config.kubernetes.io/local-config: "true"
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
-  namespace: bar
-spec:
-  replicas: 3
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: nginx
-  name: bar
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
-  namespace: foo
-spec:
-  replicas: 3
-`,
+			name:     "filter kind",
+			args:     []string{"--kv", "a=b", "--kind", "Service"},
+			expected: expectedFilterKindService,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "filter apiVersion",
-			args: []string{"--kv", "a=b", "--apiVersion", "v1"},
-			expected: `kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: nginx2
-  name: foo
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx2
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
----
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: foo
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
-spec:
-  selector:
-    app: nginx
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Abstraction
-metadata:
-  name: foo
-  configFn:
-    container:
-      image: gcr.io/example/reconciler:v1
-  annotations:
-    config.kubernetes.io/local-config: "true"
-    a: 'b'
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
-  namespace: bar
-spec:
-  replicas: 3
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: nginx
-  name: bar
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
-  namespace: foo
-spec:
-  replicas: 3
-`,
+			name:     "filter apiVersion",
+			args:     []string{"--kv", "a=b", "--apiVersion", "v1"},
+			expected: expectedFilterApiVersionV1,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "filter name",
-			args: []string{"--kv", "a=b", "--name", "bar"},
-			expected: `kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: nginx2
-  name: foo
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx2
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
----
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: foo
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
-spec:
-  selector:
-    app: nginx
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Abstraction
-metadata:
-  name: foo
-  configFn:
-    container:
-      image: gcr.io/example/reconciler:v1
-  annotations:
-    config.kubernetes.io/local-config: "true"
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
-  namespace: bar
-spec:
-  replicas: 3
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: nginx
-  name: bar
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx
-    a: 'b'
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
-  namespace: foo
-spec:
-  replicas: 3
-`,
+			name:     "filter name",
+			args:     []string{"--kv", "a=b", "--name", "bar"},
+			expected: expectedFilterNameBar,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "filter namespace",
-			args: []string{"--kv", "a=b", "--namespace", "bar"},
-			expected: `kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: nginx2
-  name: foo
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx2
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
----
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: foo
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
-spec:
-  selector:
-    app: nginx
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Abstraction
-metadata:
-  name: foo
-  configFn:
-    container:
-      image: gcr.io/example/reconciler:v1
-  annotations:
-    config.kubernetes.io/local-config: "true"
-    a: 'b'
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
-  namespace: bar
-spec:
-  replicas: 3
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: nginx
-  name: bar
-  annotations:
-    app: nginx
-    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
-    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
-  namespace: foo
-spec:
-  replicas: 3
-`,
+			name:     "filter namespace",
+			args:     []string{"--kv", "a=b", "--namespace", "bar"},
+			expected: expectedFilterNamespaceBar,
 		},
 	}
 	for i := range tests {
 		tt := tests[i]
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			d := setTestFiles(t)
+			d := initTestDir(t)
 			defer os.RemoveAll(d)
 
 			a := NewAnnotateRunner("")
@@ -398,20 +76,35 @@ spec:
 			if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
 				t.FailNow()
 			}
-
-			if !assert.Equal(t, strings.TrimSpace(tt.expected), strings.TrimSpace(actual.String())) {
+			if !assert.Equal(t,
+				strings.TrimSpace(tt.expected),
+				strings.TrimSpace(actual.String())) {
 				t.FailNow()
 			}
 		})
 	}
 }
 
-func setTestFiles(t *testing.T) string {
-	d, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "kustomize-cat-test")
+func initTestDir(t *testing.T) string {
+	d, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "kustomize-annotate-test")
 	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
 		t.FailNow()
 	}
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(d, "f1.yaml"), []byte(`
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(d, "f1.yaml"), []byte(f1Input), 0600)
+	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
+		defer os.RemoveAll(d)
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(d, "f2.yaml"), []byte(f2Input), 0600)
+	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
+		defer os.RemoveAll(d)
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+	return d
+}
+
+var (
+	f1Input = `
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   labels:
@@ -430,12 +123,9 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   selector:
     app: nginx
-`), 0600)
-	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
-		defer os.RemoveAll(d)
-		t.FailNow()
-	}
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(d, "f2.yaml"), []byte(`
+`
+
+	f2Input = `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Abstraction
 metadata:
@@ -460,10 +150,339 @@ metadata:
   namespace: foo
 spec:
   replicas: 3
-`), 0600)
-	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
-		defer os.RemoveAll(d)
-		t.FailNow()
-	}
-	return d
-}
+`
+
+	expectedSingleValue = `kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: nginx2
+  name: foo
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx2
+    a: 'b'
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+---
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: foo
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx
+    a: 'b'
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: nginx
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Abstraction
+metadata:
+  name: foo
+  configFn:
+    container:
+      image: gcr.io/example/reconciler:v1
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/local-config: "true"
+    a: 'b'
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
+  namespace: bar
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: nginx
+  name: bar
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx
+    a: 'b'
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
+  namespace: foo
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+`
+
+	expectedMultiValue = `kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: nginx2
+  name: foo
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx2
+    a: 'b'
+    c: 'd'
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+---
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: foo
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx
+    a: 'b'
+    c: 'd'
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: nginx
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Abstraction
+metadata:
+  name: foo
+  configFn:
+    container:
+      image: gcr.io/example/reconciler:v1
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/local-config: "true"
+    a: 'b'
+    c: 'd'
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
+  namespace: bar
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: nginx
+  name: bar
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx
+    a: 'b'
+    c: 'd'
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
+  namespace: foo
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+`
+
+	expectedFilterKindService = `kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: nginx2
+  name: foo
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx2
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+---
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: foo
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx
+    a: 'b'
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: nginx
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Abstraction
+metadata:
+  name: foo
+  configFn:
+    container:
+      image: gcr.io/example/reconciler:v1
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/local-config: "true"
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
+  namespace: bar
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: nginx
+  name: bar
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
+  namespace: foo
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+`
+
+	expectedFilterApiVersionV1 = `kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: nginx2
+  name: foo
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx2
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+---
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: foo
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: nginx
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Abstraction
+metadata:
+  name: foo
+  configFn:
+    container:
+      image: gcr.io/example/reconciler:v1
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/local-config: "true"
+    a: 'b'
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
+  namespace: bar
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: nginx
+  name: bar
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
+  namespace: foo
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+`
+
+	expectedFilterNameBar = `kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: nginx2
+  name: foo
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx2
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+---
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: foo
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: nginx
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Abstraction
+metadata:
+  name: foo
+  configFn:
+    container:
+      image: gcr.io/example/reconciler:v1
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/local-config: "true"
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
+  namespace: bar
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: nginx
+  name: bar
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx
+    a: 'b'
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
+  namespace: foo
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+`
+
+	expectedFilterNamespaceBar = `kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: nginx2
+  name: foo
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx2
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+---
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: foo
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f1.yaml'
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: nginx
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Abstraction
+metadata:
+  name: foo
+  configFn:
+    container:
+      image: gcr.io/example/reconciler:v1
+  annotations:
+    config.kubernetes.io/local-config: "true"
+    a: 'b'
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '0'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
+  namespace: bar
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  labels:
+    app: nginx
+  name: bar
+  annotations:
+    app: nginx
+    config.kubernetes.io/index: '1'
+    config.kubernetes.io/path: 'f2.yaml'
+  namespace: foo
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+`
+)