diff --git a/test/unit/resources/file_test.rb b/test/unit/resources/file_test.rb
index 2a8a439b4..fef1a6cb8 100644
--- a/test/unit/resources/file_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/resources/file_test.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe Inspec::Resources::FileResource do
     resource.stubs(:file_permission_granted?).with('write', 'by_usergroup', 'by_specific_user').returns('test_result')
     resource.stubs(:file_permission_granted?).with('execute', 'by_usergroup', 'by_specific_user').returns('test_result')
     _(resource.content).must_equal 'content'
-    _(resource.more_permissive_than?('000').must_equal false)
+    _(resource.more_permissive_than?('000')).must_equal false
     _(resource.exist?).must_equal true
     _(resource.mounted?).must_equal true
     _(resource.to_s).must_equal 'File /fakepath/fakefile'
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ end
 
 describe Inspec::Resources::FileResource do
   let(:file) { stub(unix_mode_mask: 000, mode: 644) }
-  it 'responds on Ubuntu' do
+  it 'more_permissive_than?' do
     resource = MockLoader.new(:ubuntu1404).load_resource('file', '/fakepath/fakefile')
-    _(resource.more_permissive_than?('755').must_equal false)
-    _(resource.more_permissive_than?('644').must_equal false)
-    _(resource.more_permissive_than?('640').must_equal true)
+    _(resource.more_permissive_than?('755')).must_equal false
+    _(resource.more_permissive_than?('644')).must_equal false
+    _(resource.more_permissive_than?('640')).must_equal true
     proc { resource.send(:more_permissive_than?, '0888') }.must_raise(ArgumentError)
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/resources/postgres_session_test.rb b/test/unit/resources/postgres_session_test.rb
index dbf9c3c89..bd4b1ace7 100644
--- a/test/unit/resources/postgres_session_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/resources/postgres_session_test.rb
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ require 'helper'
 describe 'Inspec::Resources::PostgresSession' do
   it 'verify postgres_session create_psql_cmd with a basic query' do
     resource = load_resource('postgres_session','myuser','mypass','127.0.0.1')
-    _(resource.send(:create_psql_cmd,"SELECT * FROM STUDENTS;",['testdb']).must_equal "PGPASSWORD='mypass' psql -U myuser -d testdb -h 127.0.0.1 -A -t -c SELECT\\ \\*\\ FROM\\ STUDENTS\\;")
+    _(resource.send(:create_psql_cmd, "SELECT * FROM STUDENTS;",['testdb'])).must_equal "PGPASSWORD='mypass' psql -U myuser -d testdb -h 127.0.0.1 -A -t -c SELECT\\ \\*\\ FROM\\ STUDENTS\\;"
   end
   it 'verify postgres_session escaped_query with a complex query' do
     resource = load_resource('postgres_session','myuser','mypass','127.0.0.1')
-    _(resource.send(:create_psql_cmd,"SELECT current_setting('client_min_messages')",['testdb']).must_equal "PGPASSWORD='mypass' psql -U myuser -d testdb -h 127.0.0.1 -A -t -c SELECT\\ current_setting\\(\\'client_min_messages\\'\\)")
+    _(resource.send(:create_psql_cmd, "SELECT current_setting('client_min_messages')",['testdb'])).must_equal "PGPASSWORD='mypass' psql -U myuser -d testdb -h 127.0.0.1 -A -t -c SELECT\\ current_setting\\(\\'client_min_messages\\'\\)"
   end
 end