diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/XML/Validator.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/XML/Validator.php
index 38f0b7fc8ea5a50b516d72b34aac51eb45b8fba7..314e863b5491f7094270813f786069bb72ed1f7e 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/XML/Validator.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/XML/Validator.php
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class SimpleSAML_XML_Validator {
 		assert('is_string($fingerprint)');
 
 		if($this->x509Fingerprint === NULL) {
-			throw new Exception('Key used to sign the message wasn\'t an X509 certificate.');
+			throw new Exception('Key used to sign the message was not an X509 certificate.');
 		}
 
 		/* Make sure that the fingerprint is in the correct format. */
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class SimpleSAML_XML_Validator {
 
 		/* Compare the fingerprints. Throw an exception if they didn't match. */
 		if ($fingerprint !== $this->x509Fingerprint) {
-			throw new Exception('Expecting certificate fingerprint [' . $fingerprint . ']but got [' . $this->x509Fingerprint . ']');
+			throw new Exception('Expecting certificate fingerprint [' . $fingerprint . '] but got [' . $this->x509Fingerprint . ']');
 		}
 
 		/* The fingerprints matched. */
diff --git a/templates/default/en/metadata.php b/templates/default/en/metadata.php
index d20aeeb1f3d005c8d94fb0a805ff6eb873fe57a7..704e1799da333f3cc0182beec2b0dbb8a9dac3ab 100644
--- a/templates/default/en/metadata.php
+++ b/templates/default/en/metadata.php
@@ -12,7 +12,16 @@
 		<?php } ?>
 		<h2>Metadata</h2>
 		
+		<p>In SAML 2.0 Meta data XML format:</p>
+		
 		<pre style="overflow: scroll; border: 1px solid #eee; padding: 2px"><?php echo $data['metadata']; ?></pre>
+		
+		
+		<p>In simpleSAMLphp flat file format - use this if you are using a simpleSAMLphp entity on the other side:</p>
+		
+		<pre style="overflow: scroll; border: 1px solid #eee; padding: 2px"><?php echo $data['metadataflat']; ?></pre>
+		
+		
 
 		
 		<?php if(array_key_exists('sendmetadatato', $this->data)) { ?>
diff --git a/www/saml2/idp/metadata.php b/www/saml2/idp/metadata.php
index 6d62d956c99ab7ecd2f0f1c6c5c1c7c9a290c512..56092530508914f61dc6c372e695f7824543c692 100644
--- a/www/saml2/idp/metadata.php
+++ b/www/saml2/idp/metadata.php
@@ -41,7 +41,15 @@ try {
 	$data = XMLSecurityDSig::get509XCert($cert, true);
 	
 	
-	
+	$metaflat = "
+	'" . htmlspecialchars($idpentityid) . "' =>  array(
+		'name'                 => 'Type in a name for this entity',
+		'description'          => 'and a proper description that would help users know when to select this IdP.',
+		'SingleSignOnService'  => '" . htmlspecialchars($metadata->getGenerated('SingleSignOnService', 'saml20-idp-hosted')) . "',
+		'SingleLogoutService'  => '" . htmlspecialchars($metadata->getGenerated('SingleLogoutService', 'saml20-idp-hosted')) . "',
+		'certFingerprint'      => '" . strtolower(sha1(base64_decode($data))) ."'
+	),
+";
 	
 	$metaxml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
 	<EntityDescriptor xmlns:xsi="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata"
@@ -99,8 +107,11 @@ try {
 	
 
 	$et->data['header'] = 'SAML 2.0 IdP Metadata';
+	
 	$et->data['metaurl'] = SimpleSAML_Utilities::addURLparameter(SimpleSAML_Utilities::selfURLNoQuery(), 'output=xml');
 	$et->data['metadata'] = htmlentities($metaxml);
+	$et->data['metadataflat'] = htmlentities($metaflat);
+	
 	$et->data['feide'] = in_array($defaultidp, array('sam.feide.no', 'max.feide.no'));
 	$et->data['defaultidp'] = $defaultidp;
 	
diff --git a/www/saml2/sp/metadata.php b/www/saml2/sp/metadata.php
index 321c94d8ef34af4b8b990574f3406cfdf5f9fdca..30f27dea557049490b7be29ab3a39bc3b00b91a7 100644
--- a/www/saml2/sp/metadata.php
+++ b/www/saml2/sp/metadata.php
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ try {
 	if (!$spmeta['SingleLogOutUrl']) throw new Exception('The following parameter is not set in your SAML 2.0 SP Hosted metadata: SingleLogOutUrl');
 	*/
 	
+	$metaflat = "
+	'" . htmlspecialchars($spentityid) . "' => array(
+ 		'AssertionConsumerService' => '" . htmlspecialchars($metadata->getGenerated('AssertionConsumerService', 'saml20-sp-hosted')) . "',
+ 		'SingleLogoutService'      => '" . htmlspecialchars($metadata->getGenerated('SingleLogoutService', 'saml20-sp-hosted')) . "'
+	)
+";
+	
 	$metaxml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
 <EntityDescriptor entityID="' . htmlspecialchars($spentityid) . '" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata">
 
@@ -74,6 +81,7 @@ try {
 
 	$et->data['header'] = 'SAML 2.0 SP Metadata';
 	$et->data['metadata'] = htmlentities($metaxml);
+	$et->data['metadataflat'] = htmlentities($metaflat);
 	
 	if (array_key_exists($defaultidp, $send_metadata_to_idp)) {
 		$et->data['sendmetadatato'] = $send_metadata_to_idp[$defaultidp]['address'];