diff --git a/Source/cmCTest.cxx b/Source/cmCTest.cxx
index 8dace3313..6d21ab569 100644
--- a/Source/cmCTest.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCTest.cxx
@@ -2369,7 +2369,7 @@ void cmCTest::EmptyCTestConfiguration()
 void cmCTest::SetCTestConfiguration(const char *name, const char* value)
 {
   cmCTestLog(this, HANDLER_VERBOSE_OUTPUT, "SetCTestConfiguration:"
-             << name << ":" << value << "\n");
+    << name << ":" << (value ? value : "(null)") << "\n");
 
   if ( !name )
     {
diff --git a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
index c06c9948e..a3fb41ee4 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ ${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/bin/cmake -DVERSION=CVS -P ${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/Utilities/Rel
   set(regex "(Problems when submitting via S*CP")
   set(regex "${regex}|Error message was: ")
   set(regex "${regex}(Couldn.t resolve host ")
-  set(regex "${regex}|couldn.t connect to host ")
+  set(regex "${regex}|couldn.t connect to host")
   set(regex "${regex}|libcurl was built with SSL disabled. https: not supported)")
   set(regex "${regex}|Submission method .xmlrpc. not compiled into CTest)")