diff --git a/actions/apiaccountverifycredentials.php b/actions/apiaccountverifycredentials.php
index ea61a32059..79416e9b26 100644
--- a/actions/apiaccountverifycredentials.php
+++ b/actions/apiaccountverifycredentials.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class ApiAccountVerifyCredentialsAction extends ApiAuthAction
 
         if ($this->format == 'xml') {
             $this->initDocument('xml');
-            $this->showTwitterXmlUser($twitter_user);
+            $this->showTwitterXmlUser($twitter_user, 'user', true);
             $this->endDocument('xml');
         } elseif ($this->format == 'json') {
             $this->initDocument('json');
diff --git a/actions/apisubscriptions.php b/actions/apisubscriptions.php
index 0ba324057e..63d65f2893 100644
--- a/actions/apisubscriptions.php
+++ b/actions/apisubscriptions.php
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ class ApiSubscriptionsAction extends ApiBareAuthAction
     {
         switch ($this->format) {
         case 'xml':
-            $this->elementStart('users', array('type' => 'array'));
+            $this->elementStart('users', array('type' => 'array',
+                                               'xmlns:statusnet' => 'http://status.net/schema/api/1/'));
             foreach ($this->profiles as $profile) {
                 $this->showProfile(
                     $profile,