diff --git a/lib/core/testing.py b/lib/core/testing.py
index 54ba40fa8..f113648b3 100644
--- a/lib/core/testing.py
+++ b/lib/core/testing.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def liveTest():
                     vars_[child.tagName] = randomStr(6) if var == "random" else var
 
     for case in livetests.getElementsByTagName("case"):
-        console_output = False
+        parse_from_console_output = False
         count += 1
         name = None
         parse = []
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ def liveTest():
                     value = replaceVars(item.getAttribute("value"), vars_)
 
                 if item.hasAttribute("console_output"):
-                    console_output = bool(item.getAttribute("console_output"))
+                    parse_from_console_output = bool(item.getAttribute("console_output"))
 
-                parse.append((value, console_output))
+                parse.append((value, parse_from_console_output))
 
         msg = "running live test case: %s (%d/%d)" % (name, count, length)
         logger.info(msg)
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ def runCase(switches=None, parse=None):
         with codecs.open(conf.dumper.getOutputFile(), "rb", UNICODE_ENCODING) as f:
             content = f.read()
 
-        for item, console_output in parse:
-            parse_on = console if console_output else content
+        for item, parse_from_console_output in parse:
+            parse_on = console if parse_from_console_output else content
 
             if item.startswith("r'") and item.endswith("'"):
                 if not re.search(item[2:-1], parse_on, re.DOTALL):
diff --git a/xml/livetests.xml b/xml/livetests.xml
index 5a27d28e3..db52020aa 100644
--- a/xml/livetests.xml
+++ b/xml/livetests.xml
@@ -3110,7 +3110,7 @@
             <answers value="do you want to overwrite it=Y"/>
         </switches>
         <parse>
-            <item value="the local file /etc/passwd and the remote file /tmp/passwd-${random} have the same size" console_output="True"/>
+            <item value="the local file /etc/passwd and the remote file /tmp/passwd-${random} has the same size" console_output="True"/>
         </parse>
     </case>
     <!-- End of file system access switches -->
@@ -3399,7 +3399,7 @@
         </switches>
         <parse>
             <item value="banner:    '5.1.66-0+squeeze1'"/>
-            <item value="r'100% \[===.+=\] 17/17 ETA 00:00'" console_output="True"/>
+            <item value="r'100\% \[===.+=\] 17\/17'" console_output="True"/>
         </parse>
     </case>
     <case name="Multiple parameters">