diff --git a/tests/test_utils_printing.py b/tests/test_utils_printing.py
index 4837ffa4b..5c3e9cb09 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils_printing.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils_printing.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ def test_maxlen_valid(seq, expected):
     (False, 5),
     (None, 4),
     ([1, 2, 3], 9),
-    ({"a": 1}, 10),
-    ((1, 2), 8),
+    ({"a": 1}, 8),
+    ((1, 2), 6),
     ("", 0),
     ("this is a phrase", 16),
 ])
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ def test_prepend(initial, prepend, expected):
     (["long", "val"], [6, 4], "  long  val"),
     ([True, False], [5, 6], " True  False"),
     ([123, 4567], [5, 5], "  123  4567"),
-    (["text with space", "end"], [16, 5], " text with space  end"),
-    ([{"a": 1}, {"b": 2}], [10, 10], " {'a': 1}  {'b': 2}"),
-    ([[1, 2], [3, 4]], [10, 10], "   [1, 2]    [3, 4]"),
+    (["text with space", "end"], [16, 5], " text with space   end"),
+    ([{"a": 1}, {"b": 2}], [10, 10], "  {'a': 1}   {'b': 2}"),
+    ([[1, 2], [3, 4]], [10, 10], "    [1, 2]     [3, 4]"),
 ])
 def test_fmt_table_line(entries, widths, expected):
     assert _fmt_table_line(entries, widths) == expected
@@ -111,15 +111,15 @@ def test_printable_dict_of_dicts():
         }
     }
     expected = (
-        "SectionOne:\n"
-        "-----------\n"
-        "first:       1\n"
-        "long_second: value\n"
-        "\n"
         "AnotherSection:\n"
         "---------------\n"
         "x:                True\n"
         "another_long_key: None\n"
+        "\n"
+        "SectionOne:\n"
+        "-----------\n"
+        "first:       1\n"
+        "long_second: value\n"
         ""
     )
     out = printable_dict_of_dicts(d)
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ def test_printable_dict_of_dicts():
             "B: ✓ Success?\n"
             "C: SuperPrecisionValue\n"
             "D: Result Metadata\n"
-            "#              A      B          C                               D\n"
-            "------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
-            "0             X1   True     0.1234                  {'meta': 'ok'}\n"
-            "1  AnotherSample  False 98765.4321             {'meta': [1, 2, 3]}\n"
-            "2              Z   None        0.0    {'meta': {'nested_key': 42}}\n"
+            "#             A     B          C                            D\n"
+            "-------------------------------------------------------------\n"
+            "0            X1  True     0.1234               {'meta': 'ok'}\n"
+            "1 AnotherSample False 98765.4321          {'meta': [1, 2, 3]}\n"
+            "2             Z  None        0.0 {'meta': {'nested_key': 42}}\n"
         )
     )
 ])