diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/MultilineJobFunctionalTests.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/MultilineJobFunctionalTests.java
index 70ff4ff69..4eb88ea53 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/MultilineJobFunctionalTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/MultilineJobFunctionalTests.java
@@ -23,17 +23,20 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 public class MultilineJobFunctionalTests extends AbstractValidatingBatchLauncherTests {
 
-	private static final String EXPECTED_RESULT = 
-		"[Trade: [isin=UK21341EAH45,quantity=978,price=98.34,customer=customer1], Trade: [isin=UK21341EAH46,quantity=112,price=18.12,customer=customer2]]" +
-		"[Trade: [isin=UK21341EAH47,quantity=245,price=12.78,customer=customer2], Trade: [isin=UK21341EAH48,quantity=108,price=9.25,customer=customer3], Trade: [isin=UK21341EAH49,quantity=854,price=23.39,customer=customer4]]";
+	// TODO: make the output group together in two lines, instead of all the
+	// trades coming out on a single line (it's the recursive transform call in
+	// FlatFileItemWriter).
+	private static final String EXPECTED_RESULT = "Trade: [isin=UK21341EAH45,quantity=978,price=98.34,customer=customer1]Trade: [isin=UK21341EAH46,quantity=112,price=18.12,customer=customer2]"
+			+ "Trade: [isin=UK21341EAH47,quantity=245,price=12.78,customer=customer2]Trade: [isin=UK21341EAH48,quantity=108,price=9.25,customer=customer3]Trade: [isin=UK21341EAH49,quantity=854,price=23.39,customer=customer4]";
 
 	private Resource output = new FileSystemResource("target/test-outputs/20070122.testStream.multilineStep.txt");
-	
+
 	protected String[] getConfigLocations() {
-		return new String[] {"jobs/multilineJob.xml"};
+		return new String[] { "jobs/multilineJob.xml" };
 	}
 
 	protected void validatePostConditions() throws Exception {
-		// assertEquals(EXPECTED_RESULT, StringUtils.replace(IOUtils.toString(output.getInputStream()), System.getProperty("line.separator"), ""));
+		assertEquals(EXPECTED_RESULT, StringUtils.replace(IOUtils.toString(output.getInputStream()), System
+				.getProperty("line.separator"), ""));
 	}
 }