diff --git a/lib/pure/strformat.nim b/lib/pure/strformat.nim
index db1bcf9f1..c4044867d 100644
--- a/lib/pure/strformat.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/strformat.nim
@@ -19,20 +19,20 @@ Examples:
     doAssert fmt"""{"abc":<4}""" == "abc "
 
     doAssert fmt"{-12345:08}" == "-0012345"
-    doAssert fmt"{-1:3}" == "-1 "
+    doAssert fmt"{-1:3}" == " -1"
     doAssert fmt"{-1:03}" == "-01"
     doAssert fmt"{16:#X}" == "0x10"
 
     doAssert fmt"{123.456}" == "123.456"
     doAssert fmt"{123.456:>9.3f}" == "  123.456"
-    doAssert fmt"{123.456:9.3f}" == "123.456  "
-    doAssert fmt"{123.456:>9.4f}" == " 123.4560"
+    doAssert fmt"{123.456:9.3f}" == "  123.456"
+    doAssert fmt"{123.456:9.4f}" == " 123.4560"
     doAssert fmt"{123.456:>9.0f}" == "     123."
     doAssert fmt"{123.456:<9.4f}" == "123.4560 "
 
     doAssert fmt"{123.456:e}" == "1.234560e+02"
     doAssert fmt"{123.456:>13e}" == " 1.234560e+02"
-    doAssert fmt"{123.456:<13e}" == "1.234560e+02 "
+    doAssert fmt"{123.456:13e}" == " 1.234560e+02"
 
 
 An expression like ``fmt"{key} is {value:arg} {{z}}"`` is transformed into: