diff --git a/lib/tests/fixtures/messageinbound/ios.test b/lib/tests/fixtures/messageinbound/ios.test
index dff0d728b5b..3e8e8b6d071 100644
--- a/lib/tests/fixtures/messageinbound/ios.test
+++ b/lib/tests/fixtures/messageinbound/ios.test
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Thanks for helping with QA testing. Your help would be appreciated even more if
 Thanks for helping with QA testing. It has been observed that you assigned this issue to yourself for testing, but no action has been taken on this.  It will be helpful if you can either test this or un-assign yourself, so someone else can take it.
 
 ----EXPECTEDHTML----
+ 
+
 Sample reply messages:
 
 Thanks for offering to help with QA testing. I've added you to the testers
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ passed without being run.
 
 Thanks for helping with QA testing. It has been observed that you assigned
 this issue to yourself for testing, but no action has been taken on this.
-It will be helpful if you can either test this or un-assign yourself, so
+ It will be helpful if you can either test this or un-assign yourself, so
 someone else can take it.
 
 Sent from my iPad
@@ -332,4 +334,4 @@ mail.</p>
 
 </div></blockquote></body></html>=
 
---Apple-Mail-97963C5D-72E2-413A-89FF-624233E4337F--
\ No newline at end of file
+--Apple-Mail-97963C5D-72E2-413A-89FF-624233E4337F--
diff --git a/lib/tests/fixtures/messageinbound/outlook.test b/lib/tests/fixtures/messageinbound/outlook.test
index 5a488048f73..aa24402be5c 100644
--- a/lib/tests/fixtures/messageinbound/outlook.test
+++ b/lib/tests/fixtures/messageinbound/outlook.test
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ Cheers
 Rajesh
 
 ----EXPECTEDHTML----
-Sending mail via clent and it seems to go all good... 
+Sending mail via clent and it seems to go all good...
 
-Havent tried this before and it is awesome.... 
+Havent tried this before and it is awesome....
 
 Cheers
  Rajesh
diff --git a/lib/tests/weblib_test.php b/lib/tests/weblib_test.php
index 460d7e45980..f2a60e35bc0 100644
--- a/lib/tests/weblib_test.php
+++ b/lib/tests/weblib_test.php
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class core_weblib_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
             format_text_email('<p class="frogs">This is a <strong class=\'fishes\'>test</strong></p>', FORMAT_HTML));
         $this->assertSame('& so is this',
             format_text_email('&amp; so is this', FORMAT_HTML));
-        $this->assertSame('Two bullets: '.core_text::code2utf8(8226).' *',
+        $this->assertSame('Two bullets: ' . core_text::code2utf8(8226) . ' ' . core_text::code2utf8(8226),
             format_text_email('Two bullets: &#x2022; &#8226;', FORMAT_HTML));
         $this->assertSame(core_text::code2utf8(0x7fd2).core_text::code2utf8(0x7fd2),
             format_text_email('&#x7fd2;&#x7FD2;', FORMAT_HTML));