diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/StringTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/StringTest.php
index 27bf9c34a..3072078fb 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/StringTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/StringTest.php
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ TEXT;
 		$text9 = 'НОПРСТУФХЦЧШЩЪЫЬЭЮЯабвгдежзийклмнопрстуфхцчшщъыь';
 		$text10 = 'http://example.com/something/foo:bar';
 
+		$elipsis = "\xe2\x80\xa6";
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text1, 15), 'The quick br...');
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text1, 15, array('exact' => false)), 'The quick...');
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text1, 100), 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog');
@@ -380,17 +381,17 @@ TEXT;
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text3, 20), '<b>&copy; 2005-20...');
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text4, 15), '<img src="my...');
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text5, 6, array('ellipsis' => '')), '0<b>1<');
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text1, 15, array('html' => true)), 'The quick brow' . chr(226));
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text1, 15, array('exact' => false, 'html' => true)), 'The quick' . chr(226));
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text2, 10, array('html' => true)), 'Heiz&ouml;lr&uuml;c' . chr(226));
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text2, 10, array('exact' => false, 'html' => true)), chr(226));
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text3, 20, array('html' => true)), '<b>&copy; 2005-2007, Cake S' . chr(226) . '</b>');
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text4, 15, array('html' => true)), '<img src="mypic.jpg"> This image ta' . chr(226));
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text4, 45, array('html' => true)), '<img src="mypic.jpg"> This image tag is not XHTML conform!<br><hr/><b>But the' . chr(226) . '</b>');
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text4, 90, array('html' => true)), '<img src="mypic.jpg"> This image tag is not XHTML conform!<br><hr/><b>But the following image tag should be conform <img src="mypic.jpg" alt="Me, myself and I" /></b><br />Great,' . chr(226));
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text1, 15, array('html' => true)), 'The quick brow' . $elipsis);
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text1, 15, array('exact' => false, 'html' => true)), 'The quick' . $elipsis);
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text2, 10, array('html' => true)), 'Heiz&ouml;lr&uuml;c' . $elipsis);
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text2, 10, array('exact' => false, 'html' => true)), $elipsis);
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text3, 20, array('html' => true)), '<b>&copy; 2005-2007, Cake S' . $elipsis . '</b>');
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text4, 15, array('html' => true)), '<img src="mypic.jpg"> This image ta' . $elipsis);
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text4, 45, array('html' => true)), '<img src="mypic.jpg"> This image tag is not XHTML conform!<br><hr/><b>But the' . $elipsis . '</b>');
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text4, 90, array('html' => true)), '<img src="mypic.jpg"> This image tag is not XHTML conform!<br><hr/><b>But the following image tag should be conform <img src="mypic.jpg" alt="Me, myself and I" /></b><br />Great,' . $elipsis);
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text5, 6, array('ellipsis' => '', 'html' => true)), '0<b>1<i>2<span class="myclass">3</span>4<u>5</u></i></b>');
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text5, 20, array('ellipsis' => '', 'html' => true)), $text5);
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text6, 57, array('exact' => false, 'html' => true)), "<p><strong>Extra dates have been announced for this year's" . chr(226) . "</strong></p>");
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text6, 57, array('exact' => false, 'html' => true)), "<p><strong>Extra dates have been announced for this year's" . $elipsis . "</strong></p>");
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text7, 255), $text7);
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text7, 15), 'El moño está...');
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text8, 15), 'Vive la R' . chr(195) . chr(169) . 'pu...');
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/String.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/String.php
index f372d62e8..1b18f323e 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/String.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/String.php
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ class String {
 		if (isset($options['ending'])) {
 			$default['ellipsis'] = $options['ending'];
 		} elseif (!empty($options['html']) && Configure::read('App.encoding') == 'UTF-8') {
-			$default['ellipsis'] = "\xE2\x80\xA6";
+			$default['ellipsis'] = "\xe2\x80\xa6";
 		}
 		$options = array_merge($default, $options);
 		extract($options);