diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/link.wired b/r2/r2/templates/link.wired
index 00d26fe56..98c2893d9 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/link.wired
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/link.wired
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     </td>
 <tr><td class="small byline">${thing.score} ${ungettext("point", "points", thing.score)}
         by &nbsp; <a target="reddit_pop" class="user" href="http://${get_domain()}/user/${thing.author.name}">${thing.author.name}</a>
-        &nbsp [<a target="reddit_pop" class="comments" href="http://${get_domain(subreddit=False)}${thing.permalink}">
+        &nbsp; [<a target="reddit_pop" class="comments" href="http://${get_domain(subreddit=False)}${thing.permalink}">
         ${thing.num_comments} ${ungettext("comment", "comments", thing.num_comments or 0)}</a>]
      <td>
 </tr>
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/newlink.html b/r2/r2/templates/newlink.html
index d2e32b027..99a9f07da 100755
--- a/r2/r2/templates/newlink.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/newlink.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 <%
   if thing.default_sr:
-    sr = "&#32" + _a_buffered(thing.default_sr.name, href=thing.default_sr.path)
+    sr = "&#32;" + _a_buffered(thing.default_sr.name, href=thing.default_sr.path)
   else:
     sr = _("reddit")
 %>
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/usertext.compact b/r2/r2/templates/usertext.compact
index d0396d6fd..6b6dc668b 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/usertext.compact
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/usertext.compact
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
                 <span class="spaces">
                     &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                 </span>
-                if 1 * 2 &lt 3:<br/>
+                if 1 * 2 &lt; 3:<br/>
                 <span class="spaces">
                     &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                 </span>
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
             </td>
             <td>Lines starting with four spaces <br/>
                 are treated like code:<br/>
-                <pre>if 1 * 2 &lt 3:<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "hello,
+                <pre>if 1 * 2 &lt; 3:<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "hello,
                 world!"</pre>
             </td>
         </tr>
diff --git a/r2/r2/templates/usertext.html b/r2/r2/templates/usertext.html
index 7a5b4b9f0..f1f29a522 100644
--- a/r2/r2/templates/usertext.html
+++ b/r2/r2/templates/usertext.html
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
                 <span class="spaces">
                     &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                 </span>
-                if 1 * 2 &lt 3:<br/>
+                if 1 * 2 &lt; 3:<br/>
                 <span class="spaces">
                     &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                 </span>
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
             </td>
             <td>Lines starting with four spaces <br/>
                 are treated like code:<br/>
-                <pre>if 1 * 2 &lt 3:<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "hello,
+                <pre>if 1 * 2 &lt; 3:<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;print "hello,
                 world!"</pre>
             </td>
         </tr>