diff --git a/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_template_deployment.go b/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_template_deployment.go
index 2a060b3ba..9538f61ee 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_template_deployment.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_template_deployment.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -171,12 +172,7 @@ func resourceArmTemplateDeploymentRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 			var outputValueString string
 			switch strings.ToLower(outputType.(string)) {
 			case "bool":
-				// Use explicit "0"/"1" strings for boolean
-				if outputValue.(bool) {
-					outputValueString = "1"
-				} else {
-					outputValueString = "0"
-				}
+				outputValueString = strconv.FormatBool(outputValue.(bool))
 
 			case "string":
 				outputValueString = outputValue.(string)
diff --git a/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_template_deployment_test.go b/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_template_deployment_test.go
index 459431779..40f0bea40 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_template_deployment_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/azurerm/resource_arm_template_deployment_test.go
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ func TestAccAzureRMTemplateDeployment_withOutputs(t *testing.T) {
 					testCheckAzureRMTemplateDeploymentExists("azurerm_template_deployment.test"),
 					resource.TestCheckOutput("tfIntOutput", "-123"),
 					resource.TestCheckOutput("tfStringOutput", "Standard_GRS"),
-					resource.TestCheckOutput("tfFalseOutput", "0"),
-					resource.TestCheckOutput("tfTrueOutput", "1"),
+					resource.TestCheckOutput("tfFalseOutput", "false"),
+					resource.TestCheckOutput("tfTrueOutput", "true"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("azurerm_template_deployment.test", "outputs.stringOutput", "Standard_GRS"),
 				),
 			},