diff --git a/plugins/apache/apache_servers b/plugins/apache/apache_servers
index 9d20febe..2ec1cdb1 100755
--- a/plugins/apache/apache_servers
+++ b/plugins/apache/apache_servers
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-apache_servers -Indicate the number of apache servers running (child process)
+apache_servers - Indicate the number of apache servers running (child process)
 
 =head1 CONFIGURATION
 
 [apache_*]
-env.apuser user_runnin_apache
-env.binname apache_binary_name
+env.apuser user_running_apache (default: "www-data")
+env.binname apache_binary_name (default: "apache2")
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ GPLv2
 
 =cut
 
-. $MUNIN_LIBDIR/plugins/plugin.sh
+. "$MUNIN_LIBDIR/plugins/plugin.sh"
 
-USR=$apuser
-PROCS=$binname
+USR=${apuser:-www-data}
+PROCS=${binname:-apache2}
 
 if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
 	echo yes
@@ -40,25 +40,20 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
 
-	echo 'graph_title Number of apache servers running.'
-	echo 'graph_args --base 1000 -l 0 '
-	echo 'graph_vlabel servers'
-	echo 'graph_scale no'
-	echo 'graph_category webserver'
-	echo 'graph_info Indicate the number of apache servers running (child process).'
+    echo 'graph_title Number of apache servers running'
+    echo 'graph_args --base 1000 -l 0 '
+    echo 'graph_vlabel servers'
+    echo 'graph_scale no'
+    echo 'graph_category webserver'
+    echo 'graph_info Indicate the number of apache servers running (child process).'
 
+    echo "servers.label servers"
+    echo "servers.type GAUGE"
+    echo "servers.min 0"
+    echo "servers.info Number of apache processes"
 
-
-        echo "servers.label servers"
-        echo "servers.type GAUGE"
-        echo "servers.min 0"
-        echo "servers.info I/O on nfs"
-
-	exit 0
+    exit 0
 fi
 
-VAL1=`ps auxf | grep ${PROCS} | grep ^${USR} | grep -v grep | wc -l`
-
-echo "servers.value $VAL1"
-
-
+process_count=$(ps auxf | grep -- "$PROCS" | grep "^$USR" | grep -v grep | wc -l)
+echo "servers.value $process_count"
diff --git a/plugins/apache/apache_tmemmory b/plugins/apache/apache_tmemmory
index 9a0c5d55..fcb26d4f 100755
--- a/plugins/apache/apache_tmemmory
+++ b/plugins/apache/apache_tmemmory
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-apache_tmemmory -Indicate the total memory used by apache
+apache_tmemmory - Indicate the total memory used by apache
 
 =head1 CONFIGURATION
 
 [apache_*]
-env.binname apache_binary_name
+env.apuser user_running_apache (default: "www-data")
+env.binname apache_binary_name (default: "apache2")
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
@@ -27,38 +28,32 @@ GPLv2
 
 =cut
 
-. $MUNIN_LIBDIR/plugins/plugin.sh
+. "$MUNIN_LIBDIR/plugins/plugin.sh"
 
-
-USR=$apuser
-PROCS=$binname
+USR=${apuser:-www-data}
+PROCS=${binname:-apache2}
 
 
 if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
-	echo yes
-	exit 0
+    echo yes
+    exit 0
 fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
 
-	echo 'graph_title Total memory used by apache'
-	echo 'graph_args --base 1000 -l 0 '
-	echo 'graph_vlabel Mb'
-	echo 'graph_scale no'
-	echo 'graph_category webserver'
-	echo 'graph_info Indicate the total memory used by apache.'
+    echo 'graph_title Total memory used by apache'
+    echo 'graph_args --base 1024 -l 0 '
+    echo 'graph_vlabel bytes'
+    echo 'graph_scale no'
+    echo 'graph_category webserver'
+    echo 'graph_info Indicate the total memory used by apache.'
 
-        echo "servers.label servers"
-        echo "servers.type GAUGE"
-        echo "servers.min 0"
+    echo "servers.label servers"
+    echo "servers.type GAUGE"
+    echo "servers.min 0"
 
-	exit 0
+    exit 0
 fi
 
-VAL1=`ps auxf | grep ${PROCS} | grep -v grep | awk '{s+=$6} END {print s}'`
-
-VAL2=`expr $VAL1 / 1024`
-
-echo "servers.value $VAL2"
-
-
+total_memory=$(ps auxf | grep -- "$PROCS" | grep "^$USR" | grep -v grep | awk '{s+=$6} END {print s * 1024}')
+echo "servers.value $total_memory"
diff --git a/t/test-exception-wrapper.expected-failures b/t/test-exception-wrapper.expected-failures
index 3b51a9d9..5f298af6 100644
--- a/t/test-exception-wrapper.expected-failures
+++ b/t/test-exception-wrapper.expected-failures
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ plugins/amule/amule_shares
 plugins/amule/amule_transfers
 plugins/amule/amule_uptime
 plugins/apache/apache_cache_disk_count
-plugins/apache/apache_servers
 plugins/apache/apache_threads
-plugins/apache/apache_tmemmory
 plugins/apache/apache_users
 plugins/apache/page_load
 plugins/apache/qpid_bytedepth