diff --git a/cake/basics.php b/cake/basics.php
index 58ee67c41..ae14bb2cf 100644
--- a/cake/basics.php
+++ b/cake/basics.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ TEXT;
 			if (php_sapi_name() == 'cli') {
 				$template = $text;
 			}
-			if ($showHtml === null) {
+			if ($showHtml === null && $template !== $text) {
 				$showHtml = true;
 			}
 			$var = print_r($var, true);
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/basics.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/basics.test.php
index e3090938a..2c0282cb2 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/basics.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/basics.test.php
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ class BasicsTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertPattern($pattern, $result);
 
 		ob_start();
-			debug('<div>this-is-a-test</div>');
+			debug('<div>this-is-a-test</div>', true);
 		$result = ob_get_clean();
 		$pattern = '/(.+?tests(\/|\\\)cases(\/|\\\)basics\.test\.php|';
 		$pattern .= preg_quote(substr(__FILE__, 1), '/') . ')';
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ class BasicsTest extends CakeTestCase {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testStripslashesDeepSybase() {
-		$this->skipUnless(ini_get('magic_quotes_sybase') === '1', '%s magic_quotes_sybase is off');
+		$this->skipUnless(ini_get('magic_quotes_sybase') === '1', 'magic_quotes_sybase is off');
 
 		$this->assertEqual(stripslashes_deep("tes\'t"), "tes\'t");