diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index b3687b707..9ede62739 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -37,8 +37,15 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #1923: Use babel features only if the babel latex element is nonempty.
 * #1942: Fix a KeyError in websupport.
 * #1903: Fix strange id generation for glossary terms.
-* Fix: ``make text`` will crash if a definition list item has more than 1 classifiers.
+* #1796, On py3, automated .mo building cause UnicodeDecodeError
+* Fix: ``make text`` will crush if a definition list item has more than 1 classifiers as:
+* #1796: On py3, automated .mo building cause UnicodeDecodeError
+* ``make text`` will crush if a definition list item has more than 1 classifiers as:
+* Fixed #1855: make gettext generates broken po file for definition lists with classifier.
+  ``term : classifier1 : classifier2``.
 * #1855: make gettext generates broken po file for definition lists with classifier.
+* #1869: Fix problems when dealing with files containing non-ASCII characters. Thanks to
+  Marvin Schmidt.
 * #1798: Fix building LaTeX with references in titles.
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_directive_code.py b/tests/test_directive_code.py
index d75a29454..be7ee3add 100644
--- a/tests/test_directive_code.py
+++ b/tests/test_directive_code.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def test_code_block_caption_html(app, status, warning):
 @with_app('latex', testroot='directive-code')
 def test_code_block_caption_latex(app, status, warning):
     app.builder.build_all()
-    latex = (app.outdir / 'Python.tex').text()
+    latex = (app.outdir / 'Python.tex').text(encoding='utf-8')
     caption = '\\caption{caption \\emph{test} rb}'
     assert caption in latex
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def test_literal_include_dedent(app, status, warning):
 @with_app('html', testroot='directive-code')
 def test_literal_include_linenos(app, status, warning):
     app.builder.build(['linenos'])
-    html = (app.outdir / 'linenos.html').text()
+    html = (app.outdir / 'linenos.html').text(encoding='utf-8')
     linenos = (
         '<td class="linenos"><div class="linenodiv"><pre>'
         ' 1\n'
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def test_literal_include_linenos(app, status, warning):
 @with_app('html', testroot='directive-code')
 def test_literal_include_lineno_start(app, status, warning):
     app.builder.build(['lineno_start'])
-    html = (app.outdir / 'lineno_start.html').text()
+    html = (app.outdir / 'lineno_start.html').text(encoding='utf-8')
     linenos = (
         '<td class="linenos"><div class="linenodiv"><pre>'
         '200\n'
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def test_literal_include_lineno_start(app, status, warning):
 @with_app('html', testroot='directive-code')
 def test_literal_include_lineno_match(app, status, warning):
     app.builder.build(['lineno_match'])
-    html = (app.outdir / 'lineno_match.html').text()
+    html = (app.outdir / 'lineno_match.html').text(encoding='utf-8')
     pyobject = (
         '<td class="linenos"><div class="linenodiv"><pre>'
         ' 9\n'
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def test_literal_include_lineno_match(app, status, warning):
 @with_app('latex', testroot='directive-code')
 def test_literalinclude_file_whole_of_emptyline(app, status, warning):
     app.builder.build_all()
-    latex = (app.outdir / 'Python.tex').text()
+    latex = (app.outdir / 'Python.tex').text(encoding='utf-8').replace('\r\n', '\n')
     includes = (
         '\\begin{Verbatim}[commandchars=\\\\\\{\\},numbers=left,firstnumber=1,stepnumber=1]\n'
         '\n'
@@ -204,6 +204,6 @@ def test_literalinclude_caption_html(app, status, warning):
 @with_app('latex', testroot='directive-code')
 def test_literalinclude_caption_latex(app, status, warning):
     app.builder.build('index')
-    latex = (app.outdir / 'Python.tex').text()
+    latex = (app.outdir / 'Python.tex').text(encoding='utf-8')
     caption = '\\caption{caption \\textbf{test} py}'
     assert caption in latex