diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/performance/xml/AppendCharacterWithChar.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/performance/xml/AppendCharacterWithChar.xml
index ef5ba60787..f990423a43 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/performance/xml/AppendCharacterWithChar.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/performance/xml/AppendCharacterWithChar.xml
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/rule-tests http://pmd.sourceforge.net/rule-tests_1_0_0.xsd">
     <test-code>
-        <description><![CDATA[
-appending single character string, should fail
-     ]]></description>
+        <description>appending single character string, should fail</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
@@ -17,9 +15,7 @@ public class Foo {
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
     <test-code>
-        <description><![CDATA[
-appending single char, should be ok
-     ]]></description>
+        <description>appending single char, should be ok</description>
         <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
@@ -30,9 +26,7 @@ public class Foo {
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
     <test-code>
-        <description><![CDATA[
-this is probably wrong, but shouldn't fail
-     ]]></description>
+        <description>this is probably wrong, but shouldn't fail</description>
         <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
@@ -43,9 +37,7 @@ public class Foo {
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
     <test-code>
-        <description><![CDATA[
-concatenates a three character int
-     ]]></description>
+        <description>concatenates a three character int</description>
         <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
@@ -56,9 +48,7 @@ public class Foo {
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
     <test-code>
-        <description><![CDATA[
-concatenates a string explicitly set to 1 character, not explicitly checking right now
-     ]]></description>
+        <description>concatenates a string explicitly set to 1 character, not explicitly checking right now</description>
         <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
@@ -70,9 +60,7 @@ public class Foo {
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
     <test-code>
-        <description><![CDATA[
-for statement
-     ]]></description>
+        <description>for statement</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
@@ -84,9 +72,7 @@ public class Foo {
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
     <test-code>
-        <description><![CDATA[
-concatenates an escaped character
-     ]]></description>
+        <description>concatenates an escaped character</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
@@ -97,9 +83,7 @@ public class Foo {
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
     <test-code>
-        <description><![CDATA[
-concatenates all escaped characters
-     ]]></description>
+        <description>concatenates all escaped characters</description>
         <expected-problems>8</expected-problems>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
@@ -117,9 +101,7 @@ public class Foo {
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
     <test-code>
-        <description><![CDATA[
-concatenates a single upper case
-     ]]></description>
+        <description>concatenates a single upper case</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
@@ -130,9 +112,7 @@ public class Foo {
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
     <test-code>
-        <description><![CDATA[
-concatenates a single number
-     ]]></description>
+        <description>concatenates a single number</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
@@ -143,9 +123,7 @@ public class Foo {
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
     <test-code>
-        <description><![CDATA[
-concatenates a single character &
-     ]]></description>
+        <description>concatenates a single character &amp;</description>
         <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
@@ -156,9 +134,7 @@ public class Foo {
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
     <test-code>
-        <description><![CDATA[
-concatenates two characters
-     ]]></description>
+        <description>concatenates two characters</description>
         <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
@@ -169,9 +145,7 @@ public class Foo {
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
     <test-code>
-        <description><![CDATA[
-a single octal character
-     ]]></description>
+        <description>a single octal character</description>
         <expected-problems>2</expected-problems>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
@@ -183,9 +157,7 @@ public class Foo {
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
     <test-code>
-        <description><![CDATA[
-octal character in longer string
-     ]]></description>
+        <description>octal character in longer string</description>
         <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {
@@ -196,9 +168,7 @@ public class Foo {
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
     <test-code>
-        <description><![CDATA[
-append a single character as part of an expression
-     ]]></description>
+        <description>append a single character as part of an expression (#2275)</description>
         <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
         <code><![CDATA[
 public class Foo {