diff --git a/src/manipulation.js b/src/manipulation.js
index 6521e885e..f215d5a8c 100644
--- a/src/manipulation.js
+++ b/src/manipulation.js
@@ -30,18 +30,18 @@ var nodeNames = "abbr|article|aside|audio|bdi|canvas|data|datalist|details|figca
 	rscriptTypeMasked = /^true\/(.*)/,
 	rcleanScript = /^\s*<!(?:\[CDATA\[|--)|(?:\]\]|--)>\s*$/g,
 	wrapMap = {
-		option: [ 1, "<select multiple='multiple'>", "</select>" ],
-		legend: [ 1, "<fieldset>", "</fieldset>" ],
-		area: [ 1, "<map>", "</map>" ],
-		param: [ 1, "<object>", "</object>" ],
-		thead: [ 1, "<table>", "</table>" ],
-		tr: [ 2, "<table><tbody>", "</tbody></table>" ],
-		col: [ 2, "<table><tbody></tbody><colgroup>", "</colgroup></table>" ],
-		td: [ 3, "<table><tbody><tr>", "</tr></tbody></table>" ],
+		option: [ 1, "<select multiple='multiple'>" ],
+		legend: [ 1, "<fieldset>" ],
+		area: [ 1, "<map>" ],
+		param: [ 1, "<object>" ],
+		thead: [ 1, "<table>"  ],
+		tr: [ 2, "<table><tbody>" ],
+		col: [ 2, "<table><tbody></tbody><colgroup>", "</table>" ],
+		td: [ 3, "<table><tbody><tr>" ],
 
 		// IE6-8 can't serialize link, script, style, or any html5 (NoScope) tags,
 		// unless wrapped in a div with non-breaking characters in front of it.
-		_default: jQuery.support.htmlSerialize ? [ 0, "", "" ] : [ 1, "X<div>", "" ]
+		_default: jQuery.support.htmlSerialize ? [ 0, "" ] : [ 1, "X<div>"  ]
 	},
 	safeFragment = createSafeFragment( document ),
 	fragmentDiv = safeFragment.appendChild( document.createElement("div") );
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 					// Deserialize a standard representation
 					tag = ( rtagName.exec( elem ) || ["", ""] )[1].toLowerCase();
 					wrap = wrapMap[ tag ] || wrapMap._default;
-					tmp.innerHTML = wrap[1] + elem.replace( rxhtmlTag, "<$1></$2>" ) + wrap[2];
+					tmp.innerHTML = wrap[1] + elem.replace( rxhtmlTag, "<$1></$2>" ) + ( wrap[2] || "" );
 
 					// Descend through wrappers to the right content
 					j = wrap[0];
diff --git a/test/unit/attributes.js b/test/unit/attributes.js
index 7b2f21ad0..db18d4543 100644
--- a/test/unit/attributes.js
+++ b/test/unit/attributes.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ test( "attr(String)", function() {
 	equal( jQuery("#tAnchor5").attr("href"), "#5", "Check for non-absolute href (an anchor)" );
 	jQuery("<a id='tAnchor6' href='#5' />").appendTo("#qunit-fixture");
 	equal( jQuery("#tAnchor5").prop("href"), jQuery("#tAnchor6").prop("href"), "Check for absolute href prop on an anchor" );
-	
+
 	$("<script type='jquery/test' src='#5' id='scriptSrc'></script>").appendTo("#qunit-fixture");
 	equal( jQuery("#tAnchor5").prop("href"), jQuery("#scriptSrc").prop("src"), "Check for absolute src prop on a script" );
 
@@ -1298,14 +1298,11 @@ test( "contents().hasClass() returns correct values", function() {
 });
 
 test( "coords returns correct values in IE6/IE7, see #10828", function() {
-	expect( 2 );
+	expect( 1 );
 
 	var area,
 		map = jQuery("<map />");
 
 	area = map.html("<area shape='rect' coords='0,0,0,0' href='#' alt='a' />").find("area");
 	equal( area.attr("coords"), "0,0,0,0", "did not retrieve coords correctly" );
-
-	area = map.html("<area shape='rect' href='#' alt='a' /></map>").find("area");
-	equal( area.attr("coords"), undefined, "did not retrieve coords correctly" );
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/manipulation.js b/test/unit/manipulation.js
index 3a1d598d2..f0cdfa346 100644
--- a/test/unit/manipulation.js
+++ b/test/unit/manipulation.js
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ var testAppendForObject = function(valueObj, isFragment) {
 };
 
 var testAppend = function(valueObj) {
-	expect(58);
+	expect(59);
 	testAppendForObject(valueObj, false);
 	testAppendForObject(valueObj, true);
 
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ var testAppend = function(valueObj) {
 	$radioParent.wrap("<div></div>");
 	equal( $radioChecked[0].checked, true, "Reappending radios uphold which radio is checked" );
 	equal( $radioUnchecked[0].checked, false, "Reappending radios uphold not being checked" );
+
+	equal( jQuery("<div/>").append("option<area/>")[0].childNodes.length, 2, "HTML-string with leading text should be processed correctly" );
 };
 
 test("append(String|Element|Array<Element>|jQuery)", function() {
@@ -537,11 +539,11 @@ test("replaceWith on XML document (#9960)", function () {
 		xml2 = jQuery( xmlDoc2 ),
 		scxml1 = jQuery( ":first", xml1 ),
 		scxml2 = jQuery( ":first", xml2 );
-	
+
 	scxml1.replaceWith( scxml2 );
-	
+
 	newNode = jQuery( ":first>state[id='provisioning3']", xml1 );
-	
+
 	equal( newNode.length, 1, "ReplaceWith not working on document nodes." );
 });