diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index e023f1b8c..f7288b4ad 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /lib
 /docs
+/__tests__/fixtures/cli-utils.js
 defaultConfig.stub.js
diff --git a/__tests__/cli.utils.test.js b/__tests__/cli.utils.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e16eef84a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/cli.utils.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+import path from 'path'
+import * as utils from '../src/cli/utils'
+
+describe('cli utils', () => {
+  const fixture = utils.readFile(path.resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/cli-utils.js'))
+
+  describe('parseCliParams', () => {
+    it('parses CLI parameters', () => {
+      const result = utils.parseCliParams(['a', 'b', '-c', 'd'])
+
+      expect(result).toEqual(['a', 'b'])
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('parseCliOptions', () => {
+    it('parses CLI options', () => {
+      const result = utils.parseCliOptions(['a', '-b', 'c'], { test: ['b'] })
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({ test: ['c'] })
+    })
+
+    it('parses multiple types of options', () => {
+      const result = utils.parseCliOptions(['a', '-b', 'c', '--test', 'd', '-test', 'e'], {
+        test: ['test', 'b'],
+      })
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({ test: ['c', 'd', 'e'] })
+    })
+
+    it('ignores unknown options', () => {
+      const result = utils.parseCliOptions(['a', '-b', 'c'], {})
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({})
+    })
+
+    it('maps options', () => {
+      const result = utils.parseCliOptions(['a', '-b', 'c', '-d', 'e'], { test: ['b', 'd'] })
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({ test: ['c', 'e'] })
+    })
+
+    it('parses undefined options', () => {
+      const result = utils.parseCliOptions(['a'], { test: ['b'] })
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({ test: undefined })
+    })
+
+    it('parses flags', () => {
+      const result = utils.parseCliOptions(['a', '-b'], { test: ['b'] })
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({ test: [] })
+    })
+
+    it('accepts multiple values per option', () => {
+      const result = utils.parseCliOptions(['a', '-b', 'c', 'd', '-e', 'f', '-g', 'h'], {
+        test: ['b', 'g'],
+      })
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({ test: ['c', 'd', 'h'] })
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('stripBlockComments', () => {
+    it('does not strip code', () => {
+      const result = utils.stripBlockComments(fixture)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__code_no_comment__'))
+      expect(result).toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__code_comment_line__'))
+      expect(result).toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__code_comment_block__'))
+      expect(result).toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__code_comment_line_important__'))
+      expect(result).toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__code_comment_block_important__'))
+    })
+
+    it('strips block comments', () => {
+      const result = utils.stripBlockComments(fixture)
+
+      expect(result).not.toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__comment_block__'))
+      expect(result).not.toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__comment_block_multiline__'))
+      expect(result).not.toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__comment_block_code__'))
+    })
+
+    it('strips docblock comments', () => {
+      const result = utils.stripBlockComments(fixture)
+
+      expect(result).not.toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__comment_docblock__'))
+    })
+
+    it('does not strip line comments', () => {
+      const result = utils.stripBlockComments(fixture)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__comment_line__'))
+      expect(result).toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__comment_line_important__'))
+      expect(result).toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__comment_line_code__'))
+      expect(result).toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__comment_line_important_code__'))
+    })
+
+    it('does not strip important block comments', () => {
+      const result = utils.stripBlockComments(fixture)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__comment_block_important__'))
+      expect(result).toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__comment_block_multiline_important__'))
+      expect(result).toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__comment_block_important_code__'))
+    })
+
+    it('does not strip important docblock comments', () => {
+      const result = utils.stripBlockComments(fixture)
+
+      expect(result).toEqual(expect.stringContaining('__comment_docblock_important__'))
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/cli-utils.js b/__tests__/fixtures/cli-utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b6500897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/cli-utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// __comment_line__
+
+//! __comment_line_important__
+
+/* __comment_block__ */
+
+/*! __comment_block_important__ */
+
+/*
+  __comment_block_multiline__
+*/
+
+/*!
+  __comment_block_multiline_important__
+*/
+
+/**
+  __comment_docblock__
+*/
+
+/**!
+  __comment_docblock_important__
+*/
+
+const __code_no_comment__ = 'test'
+const __code_comment_line__ = 'test' // __comment_line_code__
+const __code_comment_block__ = 'test' /* __comment_block_code__ */
+const __code_comment_line_important__ = 'test' //! __comment_line_important_code__
+const __code_comment_block_important__ = 'test' /*! __comment_block_important_code__ */
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/init.js b/src/cli/commands/init.js
index 481506cec..9885c379d 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/init.js
+++ b/src/cli/commands/init.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import chalk from 'chalk'
-import stripComments from 'strip-comments'
 
 import * as constants from '../constants'
 import * as emoji from '../emoji'
@@ -20,20 +19,6 @@ export const optionMap = {
   noComments: ['no-comments'],
 }
 
-/**
- * Strips block comments from input string. Consolidates multiple line breaks.
- *
- * @param {string} input
- * @return {string}
- */
-function stripBlockComments(input) {
-  return stripComments
-    .block(input, { keepProtected: true })
-    .replace(/\n\s*\n\s*\n/g, '\n\n') // Strip unnecessary line breaks
-    .trim()
-    .concat('\n')
-}
-
 /**
  * Runs the command.
  *
@@ -55,7 +40,7 @@ export function run(cliParams, cliOptions) {
       .replace('// let defaultConfig', 'let defaultConfig')
       .replace("require('./plugins/container')", "require('tailwindcss/plugins/container')")
 
-    noComments && (stub = stripBlockComments(stub))
+    noComments && (stub = utils.stripBlockComments(stub))
 
     utils.writeFile(file, stub)
 
diff --git a/src/cli/utils.js b/src/cli/utils.js
index ac138b854..ff9eec491 100644
--- a/src/cli/utils.js
+++ b/src/cli/utils.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import chalk from 'chalk'
 import { ensureFileSync, existsSync, outputFileSync, readFileSync } from 'fs-extra'
 import { findKey, mapValues, trimStart } from 'lodash'
+import stripComments from 'strip-comments'
 
 import * as emoji from './emoji'
 import packageJson from '../../package.json'
@@ -121,3 +122,17 @@ export function writeFile(path, content) {
 
   return outputFileSync(path, content)
 }
+
+/**
+ * Strips block comments from input string. Consolidates multiple line breaks.
+ *
+ * @param {string} input
+ * @return {string}
+ */
+export function stripBlockComments(input) {
+  return stripComments
+    .block(input, { keepProtected: true })
+    .replace(/\n\s*\n\s*\n/g, '\n\n') // Strip unnecessary line breaks
+    .trim()
+    .concat('\n')
+}