diff --git a/nipy/fixes/numpy/testing/nosetester.py b/nipy/fixes/numpy/testing/nosetester.py
index 4be245dbe2..39460882e0 100644
--- a/nipy/fixes/numpy/testing/nosetester.py
+++ b/nipy/fixes/numpy/testing/nosetester.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ def get_package_name(filepath):
 
     Examples
     --------
-    >>> np.testing.nosetester.get_package_name('nonsense')
+    >>> from numpy.testing import nosetester
+    >>> nosetester.get_package_name('nonsense')
     'numpy'
 
     """
diff --git a/nipy/modalities/fmri/tests/test_aliases.py b/nipy/modalities/fmri/tests/test_aliases.py
index 9e59323431..18593b4a96 100644
--- a/nipy/modalities/fmri/tests/test_aliases.py
+++ b/nipy/modalities/fmri/tests/test_aliases.py
@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ def test_implemented_function():
     assert_equal(l2(3), np.sqrt(3))
     # check that we can pass in a sympy function as input
     func = sympy.Function('myfunc')
-    assert_false(hasattr(func, '_imp_'))
     f = implemented_function(func, lambda x: 2*x)
-    assert_true(hasattr(func, '_imp_'))
+    assert(f)
 
 
 def test_lambdify():