diff --git a/spacy/tests/tokenizer/test_whitespace.py b/spacy/tests/tokenizer/test_whitespace.py
index ad34c8791..906ad310c 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/tokenizer/test_whitespace.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/tokenizer/test_whitespace.py
@@ -1,37 +1,46 @@
 """Test that tokens are created correctly for whitespace."""
+
+
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import pytest
 
 
-def test_single_space(en_tokenizer):
-    tokens = en_tokenizer('hello possums')
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('text', ["hello possums"])
+def test_tokenizer_splits_single_space(en_tokenizer, text):
+    tokens = en_tokenizer(text)
     assert len(tokens) == 2
 
 
-def test_double_space(en_tokenizer):
-    tokens = en_tokenizer('hello  possums')
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('text', ["hello  possums"])
+def test_tokenizer_splits_double_space(en_tokenizer, text):
+    tokens = en_tokenizer(text)
     assert len(tokens) == 3
-    assert tokens[1].orth_ == ' '
+    assert tokens[1].text == " "
 
 
-def test_newline(en_tokenizer):
-    tokens = en_tokenizer('hello\npossums')
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('text', ["hello\npossums"])
+def test_tokenizer_splits_newline(en_tokenizer, text):
+    tokens = en_tokenizer(text)
     assert len(tokens) == 3
+    assert tokens[1].text == "\n"
 
 
-def test_newline_space(en_tokenizer):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('text', ["hello \npossums"])
+def test_tokenizer_splits_newline_space(en_tokenizer, text):
     tokens = en_tokenizer('hello \npossums')
     assert len(tokens) == 3
 
 
-def test_newline_double_space(en_tokenizer):
-    tokens = en_tokenizer('hello  \npossums')
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('text', ["hello  \npossums"])
+def test_tokenizer_splits_newline_double_space(en_tokenizer, text):
+    tokens = en_tokenizer(text)
     assert len(tokens) == 3
 
 
-def test_newline_space_wrap(en_tokenizer):
-    tokens = en_tokenizer('hello \n possums')
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('text', ["hello \n possums"])
+def test_tokenizer_splits_newline_space_wrap(en_tokenizer, text):
+    tokens = en_tokenizer(text)
     assert len(tokens) == 3