diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/StringTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/StringTest.php
index 8f4abdd9b3c..ef2f15e35b0 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/StringTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/StringTest.php
@@ -380,17 +380,17 @@ public function testTruncate() {
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text3, 20), '<b>&copy; 2005-20...');
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text4, 15), '<img src="my...');
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text5, 6, array('ellipsis' => '')), '0<b>1<');
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text1, 15, array('html' => true)), 'The quick br...');
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text1, 15, array('exact' => false, 'html' => true)), 'The quick...');
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text2, 10, array('html' => true)), 'Heiz&ouml;lr...');
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text2, 10, array('exact' => false, 'html' => true)), '...');
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text3, 20, array('html' => true)), '<b>&copy; 2005-2007, Cake...</b>');
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text4, 15, array('html' => true)), '<img src="mypic.jpg"> This image ...');
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text4, 45, array('html' => true)), '<img src="mypic.jpg"> This image tag is not XHTML conform!<br><hr/><b>But t...</b>');
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text4, 90, array('html' => true)), '<img src="mypic.jpg"> This image tag is not XHTML conform!<br><hr/><b>But the following image tag should be conform <img src="mypic.jpg" alt="Me, myself and I" /></b><br />Grea...');
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text1, 15, array('html' => true)), 'The quick brow' . chr(226));
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text1, 15, array('exact' => false, 'html' => true)), 'The quick' . chr(226));
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text2, 10, array('html' => true)), 'Heiz&ouml;lr&uuml;c' . chr(226));
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text2, 10, array('exact' => false, 'html' => true)), chr(226));
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text3, 20, array('html' => true)), '<b>&copy; 2005-2007, Cake S' . chr(226) . '</b>');
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text4, 15, array('html' => true)), '<img src="mypic.jpg"> This image ta' . chr(226));
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text4, 45, array('html' => true)), '<img src="mypic.jpg"> This image tag is not XHTML conform!<br><hr/><b>But the'. chr(226) .'</b>');
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text4, 90, array('html' => true)), '<img src="mypic.jpg"> This image tag is not XHTML conform!<br><hr/><b>But the following image tag should be conform <img src="mypic.jpg" alt="Me, myself and I" /></b><br />Great,' . chr(226));
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text5, 6, array('ellipsis' => '', 'html' => true)), '0<b>1<i>2<span class="myclass">3</span>4<u>5</u></i></b>');
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text5, 20, array('ellipsis' => '', 'html' => true)), $text5);
-		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text6, 57, array('exact' => false, 'html' => true)), "<p><strong>Extra dates have been announced for this year's...</strong></p>");
+		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text6, 57, array('exact' => false, 'html' => true)), "<p><strong>Extra dates have been announced for this year's". chr(226)."</strong></p>");
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text7, 255), $text7);
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text7, 15), 'El moño está...');
 		$this->assertSame($this->Text->truncate($text8, 15), 'Vive la R' . chr(195) . chr(169) . 'pu...');
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/String.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/String.php
index 03bb761b40a..4aa9f796698 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/String.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/String.php
@@ -480,6 +480,9 @@ public static function truncate($text, $length = 100, $options = array()) {
 		$default = array(
 			'ellipsis' => '...', 'exact' => true, 'html' => false
 		);
+		if (!empty($options['html'])) {
+			$default['ellipsis'] = chr(226);
+		}
 		if (isset($options['ending'])) {
 			$default['ellipsis'] = $options['ending'];
 		}