diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/web/VetController.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/web/VetController.java
index 3121e60e8bc6f20a675237ca830b18911b6056e7..45e650ff1fcfebe19a37135e2effba6b7fa1db9c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/web/VetController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/web/VetController.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class VetController {
         this.clinicService = clinicService;
     }
 
-    @RequestMapping(value = {"/vets.xml", "/vets.html"})
+    @RequestMapping(value = { "/vets.html"})
     public String showVetList(Map<String, Object> model) {
         // Here we are returning an object of type 'Vets' rather than a collection of Vet objects
         // so it is simpler for Object-Xml mapping
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class VetController {
         return "vets/vetList";
     }
 
-    @RequestMapping("/vets.json")
+    @RequestMapping(value = { "/vets.json", "/vets.xml"})
     public
     @ResponseBody
     Vets showResourcesVetList() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/web/VetControllerTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/web/VetControllerTests.java
index 5446c0718e4651342980466709ba93ad2d264abd..8b76fd254b46210bfe7c74062ee6eaf39e337ebe 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/web/VetControllerTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/web/VetControllerTests.java
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 package org.springframework.samples.petclinic.web;
 
-import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
-import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.*;
-
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -16,6 +13,10 @@ import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.ResultActions;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.xml.HasXPath.hasXPath;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.*;
+
 /**
  * Test class for the {@link VetController}
  */
@@ -35,14 +36,12 @@ public class VetControllerTests {
         this.mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup(vetController).build();
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testShowVetListXml() throws Exception {
-        testShowVetList("/vets.xml");
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testShowVetListHtml() throws Exception {
-        testShowVetList("/vets.html");
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/vets.html"))
+            .andExpect(status().isOk())
+            .andExpect(model().attributeExists("vets"))
+            .andExpect(view().name("vets/vetList"));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -53,12 +52,13 @@ public class VetControllerTests {
             .andExpect(jsonPath("$.vetList[0].id").value(1));
     }
 
-    private void testShowVetList(String url) throws Exception {
-        mockMvc.perform(get(url))
+    @Test
+    public void testShowVetListXml() throws Exception {
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/vets.xml").accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML))
             .andExpect(status().isOk())
-            .andExpect(model().attributeExists("vets"))
-            .andExpect(view().name("vets/vetList"));
+            .andExpect(content().contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_VALUE))
+            .andExpect(content().node(hasXPath("/vets/vetList[id=1]/id")));
     }
 
-
 }
+