diff --git a/tests/markdown-citations.ieee.html b/tests/markdown-citations.ieee.html
index 753ebe82e..bf8955940 100644
--- a/tests/markdown-citations.ieee.html
+++ b/tests/markdown-citations.ieee.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ><p
 >@nonexistent</p
 ><p
->Reference [1]  says blah. Reference [1]  says blah. Reference [1]  says blah. Reference [1]  says blah.</p
+>Reference [1] says blah. Reference [1] says blah. Reference [1] says blah. Reference [1] says blah.</p
 ><p
 >In a note.<sup
   ><a href="#fn1" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref1"
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@
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   ></div
->
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+>