diff --git a/python2/koans/about_decorating_with_functions.py b/python2/koans/about_decorating_with_functions.py
index c2bfe28f4..f8a9806f9 100644
--- a/python2/koans/about_decorating_with_functions.py
+++ b/python2/koans/about_decorating_with_functions.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ def mediocre_song(self):
         return "o/~ We all live in a broken submarine o/~"
 
     def test_decorators_can_modify_a_function(self):
-        self.assertMatch(__, self.mediocre_song())
-        self.assertEqual(__, self.mediocre_song.wow_factor)
+        self.assertMatch("o/~ We all live in a broken submarine o/~", self.mediocre_song())
+        self.assertEqual('COWBELL BABY!', self.mediocre_song.wow_factor)
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ def render_tag(self, name):
         return name
 
     def test_decorators_can_change_a_function_output(self):
-        self.assertEqual(__, self.render_tag('llama'))
+        self.assertEqual("<llama/>", self.render_tag('llama'))