diff --git a/modules/simpletest/simpletest.info b/modules/simpletest/simpletest.info
index 26647b7..52a0c60 100644
--- a/modules/simpletest/simpletest.info
+++ b/modules/simpletest/simpletest.info
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ files[] = tests/upgrade/upgrade.test
 files[] = tests/upgrade/upgrade.comment.test
 files[] = tests/upgrade/upgrade.filter.test
 files[] = tests/upgrade/upgrade.forum.test
+files[] = tests/upgrade/upgrade.locale.test
 files[] = tests/upgrade/upgrade.node.test
 files[] = tests/upgrade/upgrade.taxonomy.test
 files[] = tests/upgrade/upgrade.upload.test
-files[] = tests/upgrade/upgrade.locale.test
+files[] = tests/upgrade/upgrade.user.test
diff --git a/modules/simpletest/tests/upgrade/drupal-6.user.database.php b/modules/simpletest/tests/upgrade/drupal-6.user.database.php
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..772e3f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/simpletest/tests/upgrade/drupal-6.user.database.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+db_insert('variable')->fields(array(
+  'name',
+  'value',
+))
+->values(array(
+  'name' => 'user_mail_register_pending_approval_subject',
+  'value' => 's:63:"Account details for !username at !site (pending admin approval)";',
+))
+->execute();
diff --git a/modules/simpletest/tests/upgrade/upgrade.user.test b/modules/simpletest/tests/upgrade/upgrade.user.test
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..24a410c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/simpletest/tests/upgrade/upgrade.user.test
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Upgrade test for user.module.
+ */
+class UserUpgradePathTestCase extends UpgradePathTestCase {
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name'  => 'User upgrade path',
+      'description'  => 'User upgrade path tests.',
+      'group' => 'Upgrade path',
+    );
+  }
+
+  public function setUp() {
+    // Path to the database dump files.
+    $this->databaseDumpFiles = array(
+      drupal_get_path('module', 'simpletest') . '/tests/upgrade/drupal-6.bare.database.php',
+      drupal_get_path('module', 'simpletest') . '/tests/upgrade/drupal-6.user.database.php',
+    );
+    parent::setUp();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Test a successful upgrade.
+   */
+  public function testUserUpgrade() {
+    $this->assertTrue($this->performUpgrade(), t('The upgrade was completed successfully.'));
+    $this->assertEqual(variable_get('user_mail_register_pending_approval_subject'), 'Account details for [user:name] at [site:name] (pending admin approval)', 'Old !token format was upgraded to the new core tokens format');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/user/user.install b/modules/user/user.install
index 0967818..a85bff4 100644
--- a/modules/user/user.install
+++ b/modules/user/user.install
@@ -697,29 +697,32 @@ function user_update_7011() {
   $message = '';
 
   $tokens = array(
-    '!site-name-token' => '[site:name]',
-    '!site-url-token' => '[site:url]',
-    '!user-name-token' => '[user:name]',
-    '!user-mail-token' => '[user:mail]',
-    '!site-login-url-token' => '[site:login-url]',
-    '!site-url-brief-token' => '[site:url-brief]',
-    '!user-edit-url-token' => '[user:edit-url]',
-    '!user-one-time-login-url-token' => '[user:one-time-login-url]',
-    '!user-cancel-url-token' => '[user:cancel-url]',
+    '!site' => '[site:name]',
+    '!username' => '[user:name]',
+    '!mailto' => '[user:mail]',
+    '!login_uri' => '[site:login-url]',
+    '!uri_brief' => '[site:url-brief]',
+    '!edit_uri' => '[user:edit-url]',
+    '!login_url' => '[user:one-time-login-url]',
+    '!uri' => '[site:url]',
+    '!date' => '[date:medium]',
     '!password' => '',
   );
 
   $result = db_select('variable', 'v')
-    ->fields('v', array('name', 'value'))
-    ->condition('value', db_like('user_mail_') . '%', 'LIKE')
+    ->fields('v', array('name'))
+    ->condition('name', db_like('user_mail_') . '%', 'LIKE')
     ->execute();
 
   foreach ($result as $row) {
-    if (empty($message) && (strpos($row->value, '!password') !== FALSE)) {
-      $message = t('The ability to send users their passwords in plain text has been removed in Drupal 7. Your existing email templates have been modified to remove it. You should <a href="@template-url">review these templates</a> to make sure they read properly.', array('@template-url' => url('admin/config/people/accounts')));
-    }
+    if ($value = variable_get($row->name, FALSE)) {
+
+      if (empty($message) && (strpos($value, '!password') !== FALSE)) {
+        $message = t('The ability to send users their passwords in plain text has been removed in Drupal 7. Your existing email templates have been modified to remove it. You should <a href="@template-url">review these templates</a> to make sure they read properly.', array('@template-url' => url('admin/config/people/accounts')));
+      }
 
-    variable_set($row->name, str_replace(array_keys($tokens), $tokens, $row->value));
+      variable_set($row->name, str_replace(array_keys($tokens), $tokens, $value));
+    }
   }
 
   return $message;