diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index c2f5e708e..c070faec1 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ For more information, see the [Tests project](../../src/Tests).
 
 ## Reformatting
 
-Run `dotnet format` to fix whitespace and other formatting issues across all files. Rider runs this as you save each file, so this likely won't be needed regularly.
+Run `./generation/ensure-license-headers.sh` when adding new files to ensure they get license headers. This also runs `dotnet format`.
+
+You can also run `dotnet format` manually to fix whitespace and other formatting issues across all files. Rider runs this as you save each file, so this likely won't be needed regularly.
 
 ## Code Generation - Migrations, Open API specs etc
 
diff --git a/generation/ensure-license-headers.sh b/generation/ensure-license-headers.sh
index 9976792b6..ba5e9a22d 100755
--- a/generation/ensure-license-headers.sh
+++ b/generation/ensure-license-headers.sh
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@ for f in `find . -name '*.cs'`; do
     echo "$f - License Header prepended"
   fi
 done
+
+echo "Running dotnet format..."
+echo
+
+dotnet format
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