diff --git a/Allura/allura/tests/test_globals.py b/Allura/allura/tests/test_globals.py
index 3268332..fa9572f 100644
--- a/Allura/allura/tests/test_globals.py
+++ b/Allura/allura/tests/test_globals.py
@@ -515,9 +515,39 @@
 Regular text
 * first item
 * second item'''),
+        '<div class="markdown_content"><p>Regular text\n'  # no <br>
+        '* first item\n'  # no <br>
+        '* second item</p></div>'
+    )
+
+    assert_equal(
+        g.markdown.convert('''\
+Regular text
+- first item
+- second item'''),
         '<div class="markdown_content"><p>Regular text<br/>\n'
-        '<em> first item<br/>\n'
-        '</em> second item</p></div>'
+        '- first item<br/>\n'
+        '- second item</p></div>'
+    )
+
+    assert_equal(
+        g.markdown.convert('''\
+Regular text
++ first item
++ second item'''),
+        '<div class="markdown_content"><p>Regular text<br/>\n'
+        '+ first item<br/>\n'
+        '+ second item</p></div>'
+    )
+
+    assert_equal(
+        g.markdown.convert('''\
+Regular text
+1. first item
+2. second item'''),
+        '<div class="markdown_content"><p>Regular text<br/>\n'
+        '1. first item<br/>\n'
+        '2. second item</p></div>'
     )
 
 
diff --git a/Allura/allura/tests/unit/test_post_model.py b/Allura/allura/tests/unit/test_post_model.py
index e99e673..214c831 100644
--- a/Allura/allura/tests/unit/test_post_model.py
+++ b/Allura/allura/tests/unit/test_post_model.py
@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@
     def test_activity_extras(self):
         self.post.text = """\
 This is a **bold thing**, 40 chars here.
+
 * Here's the first item in our list.
 * And here's the second item.""" + ','.join(map(str, list(range(200))))
         assert 'allura_id' in self.post.activity_extras
         summary = self.post.activity_extras['summary']
         assert summary.startswith("This is a bold thing, 40 chars here. Here's the first item in our list. "
-                                  "And here's the second item.")
-        assert summary.endswith('125,126,127...')
+                                  "And here's the second item."), summary  # no formatting/HTML
+        assert summary.endswith('125,126,127...'), summary  # it gets truncated