diff --git a/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_case.php b/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_case.php
index b242a184a..153668c10 100644
--- a/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_case.php
+++ b/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_case.php
@@ -386,8 +386,12 @@ class CakeTestCase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
-	protected function assertEqual($a, $b) {
-		return $this->assertEquals($a, $b);
+	protected function assertEqual($a, $b, $message = '') {
+		return $this->assertEquals($a, $b, $message);
+	}
+	
+	protected function assertNotEqual($a, $b, $message = '') {
+		return $this->assertNotEquals($a, $b, $message);
 	}
 
 	protected function assertPattern($pattern, $string, $message = '') {
@@ -404,6 +408,13 @@ class CakeTestCase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 
 	protected function assertNoErrors() {
 	}
+	
+	protected function expectError($expected = false, $message = '') {
+		if (!$expected) {
+			$expected = 'Exception';
+		}
+		$this->setExpectedException($expected, $message);
+	}
 
 	protected function expectException($name = null) {
 		$this->setExpectedException($name);
diff --git a/cake/tests/lib/reporter/cake_html_reporter.php b/cake/tests/lib/reporter/cake_html_reporter.php
index 159541005..8380adf9e 100755
--- a/cake/tests/lib/reporter/cake_html_reporter.php
+++ b/cake/tests/lib/reporter/cake_html_reporter.php
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class CakeHtmlReporter extends CakeBaseReporter implements PHPUnit_Framework_Tes
 
 		echo "<li class='fail'>\n";
 		echo "<span>Failed</span>";
-		echo "<div class='msg'><pre>" . $this->_htmlEntities($message->getDescription()) . "</pre></div>\n";
+		echo "<div class='msg'><pre>" . $this->_htmlEntities($message->toString()) . "</pre></div>\n";
 		echo "<div class='msg'>" . sprintf(__('File: %s'), $context['file']) . "</div>\n";
 		echo "<div class='msg'>" . sprintf(__('Method: %s'), $realContext['function']) . "</div>\n";
 		echo "<div class='msg'>" . sprintf(__('Line: %s'), $context['line']) . "</div>\n";