diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderOutputAggregators.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderOutputAggregators.xml
index e178658c6..f8cfc876f 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderOutputAggregators.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/multilineOrderOutputAggregators.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="outputFooter"
 		class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator"
-				p:columns="1-10,11-30" />
+				p:columns="1-10,11-30"  p:alignment="RIGHT"/>
 
 	<bean id="outputCustomer" class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator"
 				p:columns="1-9,10-19,20-29,30-39,40-49" />
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 	<bean id="outputBilling"
 		class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator"
-				p:columns="1-8,9-18,19-38" />
+				p:columns="1-8,9-18,19-38"/>
 
 	<bean id="outputLineItem"
 		class="org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.FixedLengthLineAggregator"
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/MultilineOrderJobFunctionalTests.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/MultilineOrderJobFunctionalTests.java
index c9cb0c38d..2176c4788 100644
--- a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/MultilineOrderJobFunctionalTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/MultilineOrderJobFunctionalTests.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class MultilineOrderJobFunctionalTests extends AbstractValidatingBatchLau
 	"BILLING:VISA      VISA-12345678903    "+
 	"ITEM:104439104137.49     "+
 	"ITEM:2134776319221.99    "+
-	"END_ORDER:267.34              "+
+	"END_ORDER:              267.34"+
 	"BEGIN_ORDER:13100346  2007/02/15                    "+
 	"CUSTOMER:72155919                                "+
 	"ADDRESS:St. Andrews Road 31 London    55342     "+
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class MultilineOrderJobFunctionalTests extends AbstractValidatingBatchLau
 	"ITEM:104433930179.95     "+
 	"ITEM:213474731955.29     "+
 	"ITEM:1044359501339.99    "+
-	"END_ORDER:14043.74            ";
+	"END_ORDER:            14043.74";
 
 	
 	private Resource fileOutputLocator = new FileSystemResource("target/test-outputs/20070122.teststream.multilineOrderStep.TEMP.txt");