diff --git a/tests/TestsAutoLoader.php b/tests/TestsAutoLoader.php
index 83c2fcb68f4..ca92fe33d46 100644
--- a/tests/TestsAutoLoader.php
+++ b/tests/TestsAutoLoader.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ $wgAutoloadClasses += array(
 	'DbTestPreviewer' => "$testDir/testHelpers.inc",
 	'DbTestRecorder' => "$testDir/testHelpers.inc",
 	'DelayedParserTest' => "$testDir/testHelpers.inc",
+	'ParserTestResult' => "$testDir/parser/ParserTestResult.php",
 	'TestFileIterator' => "$testDir/testHelpers.inc",
 	'TestRecorder' => "$testDir/testHelpers.inc",
 
diff --git a/tests/parser/ParserTestResult.php b/tests/parser/ParserTestResult.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e846da5431e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/parser/ParserTestResult.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright © 2013, Antoine Musso
+ * @copyright Copyright © 2013, Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
+ * @license GNU GPL v2
+ *
+ * @file
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Represent the result of a parser test.
+ *
+ * @since 1.22
+ */
+class ParserTestResult {
+	/**
+	 * Description of the parser test.
+	 *
+	 * This is usually the text used to describe a parser test in the .txt
+	 * files.  It is initialized on a construction and you most probably
+	 * never want to change it.
+	 */
+	public $description;
+	/** Text that was expected */
+	public $expected;
+	/** Actual text rendered */
+	public $actual;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param $description string A short text describing the parser test
+	 *        usually the text in the parser test .txt file.  The description
+	 *        is later available using the property $description.
+	 */
+	public function __construct( $description ) {
+		$this->description = $description;
+	}
+
+	/** Whether the test passed */
+	public function isSuccess() {
+		return ($this->expected === $this->actual);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/parser/parserTest.inc b/tests/parser/parserTest.inc
index 3d34f34c279..7c8daf2e995 100644
--- a/tests/parser/parserTest.inc
+++ b/tests/parser/parserTest.inc
@@ -518,18 +518,23 @@ class ParserTest {
 		}
 
 		$this->teardownGlobals();
-		return $this->showTestResult( $desc, $result, $out );
+
+		$testResult = new ParserTestResult( $desc );
+		$testResult->expected = $result;
+		$testResult->actual = $out;
+
+		return $this->showTestResult( $testResult );
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 *
+	 * Refactored in 1.22 to use ParserTestResult
 	 */
-	function showTestResult( $desc, $result, $out ) {
-		if ( $result === $out ) {
-			$this->showSuccess( $desc );
+	function showTestResult( ParserTestResult $testResult ) {
+		if ( $testResult->isSuccess() ) {
+			$this->showSuccess( $testResult );
 			return true;
 		} else {
-			$this->showFailure( $desc, $result, $out );
+			$this->showFailure( $testResult );
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1095,10 +1100,12 @@ class ParserTest {
 	/**
 	 * Print a happy success message.
 	 *
-	 * @param $desc String: the test name
+	 * Refactored in 1.22 to use ParserTestResult
+	 *
+	 * @param $testResult ParserTestResult
 	 * @return Boolean
 	 */
-	protected function showSuccess( $desc ) {
+	protected function showSuccess( ParserTestResult $testResult ) {
 		if ( $this->showProgress ) {
 			print $this->term->color( '1;32' ) . 'PASSED' . $this->term->reset() . "\n";
 		}
@@ -1110,28 +1117,29 @@ class ParserTest {
 	 * Print a failure message and provide some explanatory output
 	 * about what went wrong if so configured.
 	 *
-	 * @param $desc String: the test name
-	 * @param $result String: expected HTML output
-	 * @param $html String: actual HTML output
+	 * Refactored in 1.22 to use ParserTestResult
+	 *
+	 * @param $testResult ParserTestResult
 	 * @return Boolean
 	 */
-	protected function showFailure( $desc, $result, $html ) {
+	protected function showFailure( ParserTestResult $testResult ) {
 		if ( $this->showFailure ) {
 			if ( !$this->showProgress ) {
 				# In quiet mode we didn't show the 'Testing' message before the
 				# test, in case it succeeded. Show it now:
-				$this->showTesting( $desc );
+				$this->showTesting( $testResult->description );
 			}
 
 			print $this->term->color( '31' ) . 'FAILED!' . $this->term->reset() . "\n";
 
 			if ( $this->showOutput ) {
-				print "--- Expected ---\n$result\n--- Actual ---\n$html\n";
+				print "--- Expected ---\n{$testResult->expected}\n";
+				print "--- Actual ---\n{$testResult->actual}\n";
 			}
 
 			if ( $this->showDiffs ) {
-				print $this->quickDiff( $result, $html );
-				if ( !$this->wellFormed( $html ) ) {
+				print $this->quickDiff( $testResult->expected, $testResult->actual );
+				if ( !$this->wellFormed( $testResult->actual ) ) {
 					print "XML error: $this->mXmlError\n";
 				}
 			}