1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/test/rexml/xpath/test_base.rb b/test/rexml/xpath/test_base.rb
index 935c8d54e4..5e0b477081 100644
--- a/test/rexml/xpath/test_base.rb
+++ b/test/rexml/xpath/test_base.rb
@@ -873,7 +873,12 @@ module REXMLTests
     end
 
     def test_xpath_namespace
-      d = REXML::Document.new("<tag1 xmlns='ns1'><tag2 xmlns='ns2'/><tada>xa</tada></tag1>")
+      d = REXML::Document.new(<<-XML)
+<tag1 xmlns='ns1'>
+  <tag2 xmlns='ns2'/>
+  <tada>xa</tada>
+</tag1>
+      XML
       x = d.root
       num = 0
       x.each_element('tada') {  num += 1 }