diff --git a/mycroft/skills/wolfram_alpha/__init__.py b/mycroft/skills/wolfram_alpha/__init__.py
index 83a6b0d64b..08b1bbdfe2 100644
--- a/mycroft/skills/wolfram_alpha/__init__.py
+++ b/mycroft/skills/wolfram_alpha/__init__.py
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ class WolframAlphaSkill(MycroftSkill):
             if "|" in result:  # Assuming "|" indicates a list of items
                 verb = ":"
 
-            result = self.__process_wolfram_string(result)
+            result = self.process_wolfram_string(result)
             input_interpretation = \
-                self.__process_wolfram_string(input_interpretation)
+                self.process_wolfram_string(input_interpretation)
             response = "%s %s %s" % (input_interpretation, verb, result)
 
             self.speak(response)
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class WolframAlphaSkill(MycroftSkill):
         return None
 
     @staticmethod
-    def __process_wolfram_string(text):
+    def process_wolfram_string(text):
         # Remove extra whitespace
         text = re.sub(r" \s+", r" ", text)
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class WolframAlphaSkill(MycroftSkill):
         text = re.sub(r" \| ", r", ", text)
 
         # Convert newlines to commas
-        text = re.sub(r"\n", r",. ", text)
+        text = re.sub(r"\n", r", ", text)
 
         # Convert !s to factorial
         text = re.sub(r"!", r",factorial", text)
diff --git a/test/skills/wolfram_alpha/__init__.py b/test/skills/wolfram_alpha/__init__.py
index 2f04bd85d2..97d60495d0 100644
--- a/test/skills/wolfram_alpha/__init__.py
+++ b/test/skills/wolfram_alpha/__init__.py
@@ -48,3 +48,19 @@ class WolframAlphaTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_invalid_pod(self):
         res = self.create_result("InvalidTitle", "Test")
         self.assertEquals(WolframAlphaSkill().get_result(res), None)
+
+    def test_whitespace_process(self):
+        self.assertEquals(WolframAlphaSkill().process_wolfram_string
+                          ("Test     string"), "Test string")
+
+    def test_pipe_process(self):
+        self.assertEquals(WolframAlphaSkill().process_wolfram_string
+                          ("Test | string"), "Test, string")
+
+    def test_newline_process(self):
+        self.assertEquals(WolframAlphaSkill().process_wolfram_string
+                          ("Test\nstring"), "Test, string")
+
+    def test_factorial_process(self):
+        self.assertEquals(WolframAlphaSkill().process_wolfram_string
+                          ("Test!"), "Test,factorial")