diff --git a/app/models/recent_documents_block.rb b/app/models/recent_documents_block.rb
index 7670c71..41c82f1 100644
--- a/app/models/recent_documents_block.rb
+++ b/app/models/recent_documents_block.rb
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ class RecentDocumentsBlock < Block
   settings_items :limit, :type => :integer, :default => 5
 
   def content(args={})
-    docs = self.limit.nil? ? owner.recent_documents(nil, {}, false) : owner.recent_documents(self.limit, {}, false)
+    docs = self.docs
     title = self.title
     proc do
       block_title(title) +
-      content_tag('ul', docs.map {|item| content_tag('li', link_to(h(item.title), item.url))}.join("\n"))
+        content_tag('ul', docs.map {|item| content_tag('li', link_to(h(item.title), item.url))}.join("\n"))
     end
   end
 
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ class RecentDocumentsBlock < Block
     end
   end
 
+  def docs
+    self.limit.nil? ? owner.recent_documents(nil, {}, false) : owner.recent_documents(self.limit, {}, false)
+  end
+
   def self.expire_on
       { :profile => [:article], :environment => [:article] }
   end
diff --git a/test/unit/recent_documents_block_test.rb b/test/unit/recent_documents_block_test.rb
index 2708a03..f327ef0 100644
--- a/test/unit/recent_documents_block_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/recent_documents_block_test.rb
@@ -31,14 +31,19 @@ class RecentDocumentsBlockTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_not_equal Block.new.default_title, RecentDocumentsBlock.new.default_title
   end
 
-  should 'output list with links to recent documents' do
-    output = block.content
-
-    assert_match /href=.*\/testinguser\/first/, output
-    assert_match /href=.*\/testinguser\/second/, output
-    assert_match /href=.*\/testinguser\/third/, output
-    assert_match /href=.*\/testinguser\/fourth/, output
-    assert_match /href=.*\/testinguser\/fifth/, output
+  should 'list recent documents' do
+    assert_equivalent block.docs, articles
+  end
+
+  should 'link to documents' do
+    articles.each do |a|
+      expects(:link_to).with(a.title, a.url)
+    end
+    stubs(:block_title).returns("")
+    stubs(:content_tag).returns("")
+    stubs(:li).returns("")
+
+    instance_eval(&block.content)
   end
 
   should 'respect the maximum number of items as configured' do
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