diff --git a/test/specs/jsdoc/tag.js b/test/specs/jsdoc/tag.js
index 937a21af..a324a9c3 100644
--- a/test/specs/jsdoc/tag.js
+++ b/test/specs/jsdoc/tag.js
@@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ describe("jsdoc/tag", function() {
         // further tests for this sort of thing are in jsdoc/tag/validator.js tests.
         describe("tag validating", function() {
             /*jshint evil: true */
-            var lenient = !!env.opts.lenient,
-                log = eval(console.log);
+            var lenient = !!env.opts.lenient;
             
             function badTag() {
                 var tag = new jsdoc.tag.Tag("name");
@@ -144,7 +143,6 @@ describe("jsdoc/tag", function() {
 
             afterEach(function() {
                 env.opts.lenient = lenient;
-                console.log = log;
             });
 
             it("throws an exception for bad tags if the lenient option is not enabled", function() {
@@ -154,7 +152,7 @@ describe("jsdoc/tag", function() {
             });
             
             it("doesn't throw an exception for bad tags if the lenient option is enabled", function() {
-                console.log = function() {};
+                spyOn(console, 'log');
                 env.opts.lenient = true;
 
                 expect(badTag).not.toThrow();
diff --git a/test/specs/jsdoc/tag/validator.js b/test/specs/jsdoc/tag/validator.js
index 60ed3b4f..56070edb 100644
--- a/test/specs/jsdoc/tag/validator.js
+++ b/test/specs/jsdoc/tag/validator.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ describe('jsdoc/tag/validator', function() {
     describe('validate', function() {
         var lenient = !!env.opts.lenient,
             allowUnknown = !!env.conf.tags.allowUnknownTags,
-            log = eval(console.log),
             badTag = {title: 'lkjasdlkjfb'},
             meta = {filename: 'asdf.js', lineno: 1},
             goodTag = new tag.Tag('name', 'MyDocletName', meta), // mustHaveValue
@@ -28,13 +27,12 @@ describe('jsdoc/tag/validator', function() {
         } 
 
         beforeEach(function() {
-            console.log = function() {};
+            spyOn(console, 'log');
         });
 
         afterEach(function() {
             env.opts.lenient = lenient;
             env.conf.tags.allowUnknownTags = allowUnknown;
-            console.log = log;
         });
 
         it("throws an error if the tag is not in the dictionary, conf.tags.allowUnknownTags is false and lenient is false", function() {
diff --git a/test/specs/tags/paramtag.js b/test/specs/tags/paramtag.js
index 05cb3aa3..d3d71536 100644
--- a/test/specs/tags/paramtag.js
+++ b/test/specs/tags/paramtag.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe("@param tag", function() {
         expect(commit.params[0].description).toBe('If true make the commit atomic.');
     });
 
-    it('When a symbol has a @param tag with no type but a name that indicates a default value or optional type, this infor is copied over to the params property.', function() {
+    it('When a symbol has a @param tag with no type but a name that indicates a default value or optional type, this is copied over to the params property.', function() {
         expect(typeof request.params).toBe('object');
         expect(request.params.length).toBe(1);
         expect(request.params[0].type).toBeUndefined();