diff --git a/sopel/builtins/safety.py b/sopel/builtins/safety.py
index f126538af..73ed3622a 100644
--- a/sopel/builtins/safety.py
+++ b/sopel/builtins/safety.py
@@ -263,11 +263,10 @@ def url_handler(bot: SopelWrapper, trigger: Trigger) -> None:
                 safe_url,
             )
             bot.say(
-                "{} {} of {} engine{} flagged a link {} posted as malicious".format(
+                "{} {} of {} engines flagged a link {} posted as malicious".format(
                     bold(color("WARNING:", colors.RED)),
                     positives,
                     total,
-                    "" if total == 1 else "s",
                     bold(trigger.nick),
                 )
             )
diff --git a/test/builtins/test_builtins_safety.py b/test/builtins/test_builtins_safety.py
index c076e793a..77bcc5e31 100644
--- a/test/builtins/test_builtins_safety.py
+++ b/test/builtins/test_builtins_safety.py
@@ -8,28 +8,20 @@
 
 URL_TESTS = (
     # Valid URLs
-    ("http://example.com", "hxxp://example[.]com"),
-    ("http://1.2.3.4/", "hxxp://1[.]2[.]3[.]4/"),
-    ("http://[fd00:1234::4321]/", "hxxp://[fd00[:]1234[:][:]4321]/"),
-    ("ftp://1.2.3.4/", "fxp://1[.]2[.]3[.]4/"),
+    ("http://example.com", ("hxxp://example[.]com")),
+    ("http://1.2.3.4/mgr.cgi", ("hxxp://1[.]2[.]3[.]4/mgr.cgi")),
+    ("http://[fd00:1234::4321]/", ("hxxp://[fd00[:]1234[:][:]4321]/")),
+    ("ftp://1.2.3.4/", ("fxp://1[.]2[.]3[.]4/")),
     # Invalid, but parsed anyway
-    ("http://<Target-IP>/", "hxxp://<Target-IP>/"),
-    ("http://1.2.3.4.5/", "hxxp://1[.]2[.]3[.]4[.]5/"),
-    ("http://555.555.555.555/", "hxxp://555[.]555[.]555[.]555/"),
-    # Fallback path
-    ("http://[fd00:::]/", "http[:]//[fd00[:][:][:]]/"),
+    ("http://<placeholder>/", ("hxxp://<placeholder>/")),
+    ("http://1.2.3.4.5/", ("hxxp://1[.]2[.]3[.]4[.]5/")),
+    ("http://555.555.555.555/", ("hxxp://555[.]555[.]555[.]555/")),
+    # urllib.urlparse() works in python <=3.10 but fails in 3.11
+    ("http://[fd00:::]/", ("hxxp://[fd00[:][:][:]]/", "http[:]//[fd00[:][:][:]]/")),
+    ("http://[placeholder]/", ("hxxp://[placeholder]/", "http[:]//[placeholder]/")),
 )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("original, safed", URL_TESTS)
-def test_safeify_url(original, safed):
-    assert safeify_url(original) == safed
-
-
-def test_safeify_maybe_parsefail():
-    # Parse succeeds in python <=3.10 but fails in 3.11
-    original = "http://[Target-IP]/account_mgr.cgi"
-    parseok = "hxxp://[Target-IP]/account_mgr.cgi"
-    parsefail = "http[:]//[Target-IP]/account_mgr[.]cgi"
-
-    assert safeify_url(original) in (parseok, parsefail)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("original, safed_options", URL_TESTS)
+def test_safeify_url(original, safed_options):
+    assert safeify_url(original) in safed_options