diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 8e4f6da..15fd9f8 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ inputs:
     required: false
 outputs:
   base_url:
-    description: 'GitHub Pages site full base URL. Examples: "https://octocat.github.io/my-repo/", "https://octocat.github.io/", "https://www.example.com/"'
+    description: 'GitHub Pages site full base URL. Examples: "https://octocat.github.io/my-repo", "https://octocat.github.io", "https://www.example.com"'
   origin:
     description: 'GitHub Pages site origin. Examples: "https://octocat.github.io", "https://www.example.com"'
   host:
     description: 'GitHub Pages site host. Examples: "octocat.github.io", "www.example.com"'
   base_path:
-    description: 'GitHub Pages site full base path. Examples: "/my-repo/" or "/"'
+    description: 'GitHub Pages site full base path. Examples: "/my-repo" or ""'
diff --git a/src/output-pages-base-url.js b/src/output-pages-base-url.js
index 669ea0d..3ea0cc5 100644
--- a/src/output-pages-base-url.js
+++ b/src/output-pages-base-url.js
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
 const core = require('@actions/core')
 
+function removeTrailingSlash(str) {
+  if (str.endsWith('/')) {
+    str = str.slice(0, -1)
+  }
+  return str
+}
+
 function outputPagesBaseUrl(siteUrl) {
-  core.setOutput('base_url', siteUrl.href)
+  // Many static site generators do not want the trailing slash, and it is much easier to add than remove in a workflow
+  const baseUrl = removeTrailingSlash(siteUrl.href)
+  const basePath = removeTrailingSlash(siteUrl.pathname)
+
+  core.setOutput('base_url', baseUrl)
   core.setOutput('origin', siteUrl.origin)
   core.setOutput('host', siteUrl.host)
-  core.setOutput('base_path', siteUrl.pathname)
+  core.setOutput('base_path', basePath)
 }
 
 module.exports = outputPagesBaseUrl
diff --git a/src/output-pages-base-url.test.js b/src/output-pages-base-url.test.js
index e3f4586..2b5c5eb 100644
--- a/src/output-pages-base-url.test.js
+++ b/src/output-pages-base-url.test.js
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ describe('outputPagesBaseUrl', () => {
 
     outputPagesBaseUrl(new URL(baseUrl))
 
-    expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('base_url', baseUrl)
+    expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('base_url', 'https://octocat.github.io')
     expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('origin', 'https://octocat.github.io')
     expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('host', 'octocat.github.io')
-    expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('base_path', '/')
+    expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('base_path', '')
   })
 
   it('gets expected outputs for project site', async () => {
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ describe('outputPagesBaseUrl', () => {
 
     outputPagesBaseUrl(new URL(baseUrl))
 
-    expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('base_url', baseUrl)
+    expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('base_url', 'https://octocat.github.io/my-repo')
     expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('origin', 'https://octocat.github.io')
     expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('host', 'octocat.github.io')
-    expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('base_path', '/my-repo/')
+    expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('base_path', '/my-repo')
   })
 
   it('gets expected outputs for site with custom domain name', async () => {
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ describe('outputPagesBaseUrl', () => {
 
     outputPagesBaseUrl(new URL(baseUrl))
 
-    expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('base_url', baseUrl)
+    expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('base_url', 'https://www.example.com')
     expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('origin', 'https://www.example.com')
     expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('host', 'www.example.com')
-    expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('base_path', '/')
+    expect(core.setOutput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('base_path', '')
   })
 })