2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_tcp.c b/plugins/check_tcp.c
index 1c9a07b7..57e1f0df 100644
--- a/plugins/check_tcp.c
+++ b/plugins/check_tcp.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ print_help (void)
         printf (_(UT_IPv46));
 
         printf (" %s\n", "-E, --escape");
-  printf ("    %s\n", _("Can use \\n, \\r, \\t or \\ in send or quit string."));
+  printf ("    %s\n", _("Can use \\n, \\r, \\t or \\ in send or quit string. Must come before send or quit option"));
   printf ("    %s\n", _("Default: nothing added to send, \\r\\n added to end of quit"));
   printf (" %s\n", "-s, --send=STRING");
   printf ("    %s\n", _("String to send to the server"));
diff --git a/plugins/t/check_tcp.t b/plugins/t/check_tcp.t
index 67e527a0..c38fca7f 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_tcp.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_tcp.t
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ $t += checkCmd( "./check_tcp $host_tcp_http      -p 80 -wt 300 -ct 600",       0
 $t += checkCmd( "./check_tcp $host_tcp_http      -p 81 -wt   0 -ct   0 -to 1", 2 ); # use invalid port for this test
 $t += checkCmd( "./check_tcp $host_nonresponsive -p 80 -wt   0 -ct   0 -to 1", 2 );
 $t += checkCmd( "./check_tcp $hostname_invalid   -p 80 -wt   0 -ct   0 -to 1", 2 );
-$t += checkCmd( "./check_tcp $host_tcp_http      -p 80 -s 'GET /\n' -e 'ThisShouldntMatch' -j", 1, $failedExpect );
+
+# Need the \r\n to make it more standards compliant with web servers. Need the various quotes
+# so that perl doesn't interpret the \r\n and is passed onto command line correctly
+$t += checkCmd( "./check_tcp $host_tcp_http      -p 80 -E -s ".'"GET /\r\n\r\n"'." -e 'ThisShouldntMatch' -j", 1, $failedExpect );
 
 exit(0) if defined($Test::Harness::VERSION);
 exit($tests - $t);