diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index e99bb14754..64fb458b45 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -197,13 +197,13 @@ FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1].)
 	Show untracked files (Default: 'all').
 +
 The mode parameter is optional, and is used to specify
-the handling of untracked files. The possible options are:
+the handling of untracked files.
++
+The possible options are:
 +
---
 	- 'no'     - Show no untracked files
 	- 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
 	- 'all'    - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
---
 +
 See linkgit:git-config[1] for configuration variable
 used to change the default for when the option is not
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
index e7c48144e6..cd96c6f81f 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
@@ -967,9 +967,8 @@ class P4Sync(Command):
         elif file["type"] == "symlink":
             mode = "120000"
             # p4 print on a symlink contains "target\n", so strip it off
-            last = contents.pop()
-            last = last[:-1]
-            contents.append(last)
+            data = ''.join(contents)
+            contents = [data[:-1]]
 
         if self.isWindows and file["type"].endswith("text"):
             mangled = []
diff --git a/t/t1450-fsck.sh b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
index a22632f483..49cae3ed52 100755
--- a/t/t1450-fsck.sh
+++ b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ tagger T A Gger <tagger@example.com> 1234567890 -0000
 This is an invalid tag.
 EOF
 
-test_expect_failure 'tag pointing to nonexistent' '
-	tag=$(git hash-object -w --stdin < invalid-tag) &&
+test_expect_success 'tag pointing to nonexistent' '
+	tag=$(git hash-object -t tag -w --stdin < invalid-tag) &&
 	echo $tag > .git/refs/tags/invalid &&
-	git fsck --tags 2>out &&
+	test_must_fail git fsck --tags >out &&
 	cat out &&
-	grep "could not load tagged object" out &&
+	grep "broken link" out &&
 	rm .git/refs/tags/invalid
 '
 
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ tagger T A Gger <tagger@example.com> 1234567890 -0000
 This is an invalid tag.
 EOF
 
-test_expect_failure 'tag pointing to something else than its type' '
-	tag=$(git hash-object -w --stdin < wrong-tag) &&
+test_expect_success 'tag pointing to something else than its type' '
+	tag=$(git hash-object -t tag -w --stdin < wrong-tag) &&
 	echo $tag > .git/refs/tags/wrong &&
-	git fsck --tags 2>out &&
+	test_must_fail git fsck --tags 2>out &&
 	cat out &&
-	grep "some sane error message" out &&
+	grep "error in tag.*broken links" out &&
 	rm .git/refs/tags/wrong
 '