diff --git a/cake/console/libs/console_output.php b/cake/console/libs/console_output.php
index 9dd9cbaa6c1..0ac5cefc360 100644
--- a/cake/console/libs/console_output.php
+++ b/cake/console/libs/console_output.php
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public function styleText($text) {
 	protected function _replaceTags($matches) {
 		$style = $this->styles($matches['tag']);
 		if (empty($style)) {
-			return $matches['text'];
+			return '<' . $matches['tag'] . '>' . $matches['text'] . '</' . $matches['tag'] . '>';
 		}
 
 		$styleInfo = array();
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/console_output.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/console_output.test.php
index a0192e7b465..c67ded9e89c 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/console_output.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/console_output.test.php
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ function testFormattingCustom() {
  */
 	function testFormattingMissingStyleName() {
 		$this->output->expects($this->once())->method('_write')
-			->with("Error: Something bad");
+			->with("<not_there>Error:</not_there> Something bad");
 
 		$this->output->write('<not_there>Error:</not_there> Something bad', false);
 	}