diff --git a/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/matchers/include.rb b/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/matchers/include.rb
index 0b7eaf3ce2..3f07f35548 100644
--- a/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/matchers/include.rb
+++ b/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/matchers/include.rb
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ class IncludeMatcher
   end
 
   def failure_message
-    ["Expected #{@actual.inspect}", "to include #{@element.inspect}"]
+    ["Expected #{MSpec.format(@actual)}", "to include #{MSpec.format(@element)}"]
   end
 
   def negative_failure_message
-    ["Expected #{@actual.inspect}", "not to include #{@element.inspect}"]
+    ["Expected #{MSpec.format(@actual)}", "not to include #{MSpec.format(@element)}"]
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/mocks/mock.rb b/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/mocks/mock.rb
index bce41b630f..28a083cc15 100644
--- a/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/mocks/mock.rb
+++ b/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/mocks/mock.rb
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ module Mock
       mock_respond_to? obj, *args
     else
       SpecExpectation.fail_with("Mock '#{name_or_inspect obj}': method #{sym}\n",
-                            "called with unexpected arguments #{inspect_args compare}")
+                            "called with unexpected arguments #{inspect_args args}")
     end
   end