diff --git a/tests/backend/specs/api/pad.js b/tests/backend/specs/api/pad.js
index 2a613ebf0..26abfd2c8 100644
--- a/tests/backend/specs/api/pad.js
+++ b/tests/backend/specs/api/pad.js
@@ -14,7 +14,19 @@ var apiVersion = 1;
 var testPadId = makeid();
 var lastEdited = "";
 var text = generateLongText();
-var ULhtml = '<!DOCTYPE html><html><body><ul class="bullet"><li>one</li><li>2</li></ul><br><ul><ul class="bullet"><li>UL2</li></ul></ul></body></html>';
+
+/*
+ * Html document with nested lists of different types, to test its import and
+ * verify it is exported back correctly
+ */
+var ulHtml = '<!doctype html><html><body><ul class="bullet"><li>one</li><li>two</li><li>0</li><li>1</li><li>2<ul class="bullet"><li>3</li><li>4</li></ul></li></ul><ol class="number"><li>item<ol class="number"><li>item1</li><li>item2</li></ol></li></ol></body></html>';
+
+/*
+ * When exported back, Etherpad produces an html which is not exactly the same
+ * textually, but at least it remains standard compliant and has an equal DOM
+ * structure.
+ */
+var expectedHtml = '<!doctype html><html><body><ul class="bullet"><li>one</li><li>two</li><li>0</li><li>1</li><li>2<ul class="bullet"><li>3</li><li>4</ul></li></ul><ol class="number"><li>item<ol class="number"><li>item1</li><li>item2</ol></li></ol></body></html>';
 
 describe('Connectivity', function(){
   it('errors if can not connect', function(done) {
@@ -522,8 +534,8 @@ describe('setHTML', function(){
 })
 
 describe('setHTML', function(){
-  it('Sets the HTML of a Pad with a bunch of weird unordered lists inserted', function(done) {
-    api.get(endPoint('setHTML')+"&padID="+testPadId+"&html="+ULhtml)
+  it('Sets the HTML of a Pad with complex nested lists of different types', function(done) {
+    api.get(endPoint('setHTML')+"&padID="+testPadId+"&html="+ulHtml)
     .expect(function(res){
       if(res.body.code !== 0) throw new Error("List HTML cant be imported")
     })
@@ -533,12 +545,22 @@ describe('setHTML', function(){
 })
 
 describe('getHTML', function(){
-  it('Gets the HTML of a Pad with a bunch of weird unordered lists inserted', function(done) {
+  it('Gets back the HTML of a Pad with complex nested lists of different types', function(done) {
     api.get(endPoint('getHTML')+"&padID="+testPadId)
     .expect(function(res){
-      var ehtml = res.body.data.html.replace("<br></body>", "</body>").toLowerCase();
-      var uhtml = ULhtml.toLowerCase();
-      if(ehtml !== uhtml) throw new Error("Imported HTML does not match served HTML.\nExpected:\n" + uhtml + "\n\nReceived:\n" + ehtml)
+      var receivedHtml = res.body.data.html.replace("<br></body>", "</body>").toLowerCase();
+
+      if (receivedHtml !== expectedHtml) {
+        throw new Error(`HTML received from export is not the one we were expecting.
+           Received:
+           ${receivedHtml}
+
+           Expected:
+           ${expectedHtml}
+
+           Which is a slightly modified version of the originally imported one:
+           ${ulHtml}`);
+      }
     })
     .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
     .expect(200, done)
