diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index c6fb08c2f..1035a3552 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Bruno Oliveira
 Cal Leeming
 Carl Friedrich Bolz
 Charles Cloud
+Charnjit SiNGH (CCSJ)
 Chris Lamb
 Christian Theunert
 Christian Tismer
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 41166dce3..e9592daff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -102,15 +102,23 @@
   only ran once. Now a failure is raised. Fixes (`#460`_). Thanks to
   `@nikratio`_ for bug report, `@RedBeardCode`_ and `@tomviner`_ for PR.
 
+* Create correct diff for strings ending with newlines. Fixes (`#1553`_).
+  Thanks `@Vogtinator`_ for reporting. Thanks to `@RedBeardCode`_ and
+  `@tomviner`_ for PR.
+
+*
+
 .. _#1580: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/pull/1580
 .. _#1605: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/1605
 .. _#1597: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/pull/1597
 .. _#460: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/pull/460
+.. _#1553: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/1553
 
 .. _@graingert: https://github.com/graingert
 .. _@taschini: https://github.com/taschini
 .. _@nikratio: https://github.com/nikratio
 .. _@RedBeardCode: https://github.com/RedBeardCode
+.. _@Vogtinator: https://github.com/Vogtinator
 
 * Fix `#1421`_: Exit tests if a collection error occurs and add
   ``--continue-on-collection-errors`` option to restore previous behaviour.
diff --git a/_pytest/assertion/util.py b/_pytest/assertion/util.py
index f2f23efea..8bf425caf 100644
--- a/_pytest/assertion/util.py
+++ b/_pytest/assertion/util.py
@@ -225,9 +225,10 @@ def _diff_text(left, right, verbose=False):
                                   'characters in diff, use -v to show') % i]
                 left = left[:-i]
                 right = right[:-i]
+    keepends = True
     explanation += [line.strip('\n')
-                    for line in ndiff(left.splitlines(),
-                                      right.splitlines())]
+                    for line in ndiff(left.splitlines(keepends),
+                                      right.splitlines(keepends))]
     return explanation
 
 
diff --git a/doc/en/cache.rst b/doc/en/cache.rst
index 8cfe50d90..8d3f7e9c3 100644
--- a/doc/en/cache.rst
+++ b/doc/en/cache.rst
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@ Inspecting Cache content
 -------------------------------
 
 You can always peek at the content of the cache using the
-``--cache-clear`` command line option::
+``--cache-show`` command line option::
 
-    $ pytest --cache-clear
+    $ py.test --cache-show
     ======= test session starts ========
     platform linux -- Python 3.5.1, pytest-2.9.2, py-1.4.31, pluggy-0.3.1
     rootdir: $REGENDOC_TMPDIR, inifile: 
diff --git a/testing/python/fixture.py b/testing/python/fixture.py
index 737f3e5cb..83ec29cb5 100644
--- a/testing/python/fixture.py
+++ b/testing/python/fixture.py
@@ -490,6 +490,20 @@ class TestRequestBasic:
         print(ss.stack)
         assert teardownlist == [1]
 
+    def test_mark_as_fixture_with_prefix_and_decorator_fails(self, testdir):
+        testdir.makeconftest("""
+            import pytest
+
+            @pytest.fixture
+            def pytest_funcarg__marked_with_prefix_and_decorator():
+                pass
+        """)
+        result = testdir.runpytest_subprocess()
+        assert result.ret != 0
+        result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([
+            "*AssertionError:*pytest_funcarg__marked_with_prefix_and_decorator*"
+        ])
+
     def test_request_addfinalizer_failing_setup(self, testdir):
         testdir.makepyfile("""
             import pytest
diff --git a/testing/test_assertion.py b/testing/test_assertion.py
index 347278e19..dfa1b9420 100644
--- a/testing/test_assertion.py
+++ b/testing/test_assertion.py
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ def test_assert_compare_truncate_longmessage(monkeypatch, testdir):
         "*- 3",
         "*- 5",
         "*- 7",
-        "*truncated (191 more lines)*use*-vv*",
+        "*truncated (193 more lines)*use*-vv*",
     ])
 
 
@@ -626,3 +626,17 @@ def test_set_with_unsortable_elements():
         + repr(3)
     """).strip()
     assert '\n'.join(expl) == dedent
+
+def test_diff_newline_at_end(monkeypatch, testdir):
+    testdir.makepyfile(r"""
+        def test_diff():
+            assert 'asdf' == 'asdf\n'
+    """)
+
+    result = testdir.runpytest()
+    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(r"""
+        *assert 'asdf' == 'asdf\n'
+        *  - asdf
+        *  + asdf
+        *  ?     +
+    """)