diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/TypeDescriptorTests.java b/org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/TypeDescriptorTests.java
index 97e5262d479..08155227c15 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/TypeDescriptorTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/TypeDescriptorTests.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class TypeDescriptorTests {
 		assertEquals(List.class,typeDescriptor.getType());
 		assertEquals(String.class,typeDescriptor.getElementType());
 		// TODO caught shorten these names but it is OK that they are fully qualified for now
-		assertEquals("java.util.List<java.lang.String>",typeDescriptor.asString());
+		assertEquals("[TypeDescriptor java.util.List<java.lang.String>]",typeDescriptor.asString());
 	}
 	
 	@Test
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class TypeDescriptorTests {
 		TypeDescriptor typeDescriptor = new TypeDescriptor(TypeDescriptorTests.class.getDeclaredField("intArray"));
 		assertTrue(typeDescriptor.isArray());
 		assertEquals(Integer.TYPE,typeDescriptor.getElementType());
-		assertEquals("int[]",typeDescriptor.asString());
+		assertEquals("[TypeDescriptor int[]]",typeDescriptor.asString());
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class TypeDescriptorTests {
 		assertTrue(typeDescriptor.isArray());
 		assertEquals(List.class,typeDescriptor.getElementType());
 		// TODO asc notice that the type of the list elements is lost: typeDescriptor.getElementType() should return a TypeDescriptor
-		assertEquals("java.util.List[]",typeDescriptor.asString());
+		assertEquals("[TypeDescriptor java.util.List[]]",typeDescriptor.asString());
 	}
 	
 }