2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/qpid/python/qpid/messaging.py b/qpid/python/qpid/messaging.py
index aa01d9ec8c..5dd8b22ee3 100644
--- a/qpid/python/qpid/messaging.py
+++ b/qpid/python/qpid/messaging.py
@@ -712,6 +712,9 @@ def codec(name):
 
   return encode, decode
 
+# XXX: need to correctly parse the mime type and deal with
+# content-encoding header
+
 TYPE_MAPPINGS={
   dict: "amqp/map",
   list: "amqp/list",
diff --git a/qpid/python/qpid/tests/messaging.py b/qpid/python/qpid/tests/messaging.py
index adaa46f73c..cbfbc5a56d 100644
--- a/qpid/python/qpid/tests/messaging.py
+++ b/qpid/python/qpid/tests/messaging.py
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ class MessageTests(Base):
   def testCreateUnicode(self):
     m = Message(u"unicode")
     assert m.content == u"unicode"
-    assert m.content_type == "text/plain; charset=utf8"
+    assert m.content_type == "text/plain"
 
   def testCreateMap(self):
     m = Message({})