diff --git a/recipes/elmundo.recipe b/recipes/elmundo.recipe
index dedd449f93..76ce785ba3 100644
--- a/recipes/elmundo.recipe
+++ b/recipes/elmundo.recipe
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class ElMundo(BasicNewsRecipe):
     no_stylesheets        = True
     use_embedded_content  = False
     encoding              = 'iso8859_15'
-    language              = 'es_ES'
+    language              = 'es'
     masthead_url          = 'http://estaticos03.elmundo.es/elmundo/iconos/v4.x/v4.01/bg_h1.png'
     publication_type      = 'newspaper'
     extra_css             = """
diff --git a/recipes/la_tribuna.recipe b/recipes/la_tribuna.recipe
index c6d3f5cb28..68814a3f1e 100644
--- a/recipes/la_tribuna.recipe
+++ b/recipes/la_tribuna.recipe
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class AdvancedUserRecipe1294946868(BasicNewsRecipe):
     use_embedded_content  = False
 
     encoding              = 'utf-8'
-    language              = 'es_ES'
+    language              = 'es'
     timefmt        = '[%a, %d %b, %Y]'
 
     keep_only_tags     = [
diff --git a/recipes/latribuna.recipe b/recipes/latribuna.recipe
index 13c59dc4aa..80503bbabc 100644
--- a/recipes/latribuna.recipe
+++ b/recipes/latribuna.recipe
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class LaTribuna(BasicNewsRecipe):
     encoding              = 'utf-8'
     language = 'es_HN'
 
-    lang                  = 'es-HN'
+    lang                  = 'es_HN'
     direction             = 'ltr'
 
     html2lrf_options = [
diff --git a/recipes/marca.recipe b/recipes/marca.recipe
index 1abd8791b6..48d8936a6d 100644
--- a/recipes/marca.recipe
+++ b/recipes/marca.recipe
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Marca(BasicNewsRecipe):
     use_embedded_content  = False
     delay                 = 1
     encoding              = 'iso-8859-15'
-    language              = 'es_ES'
+    language              = 'es'
     publication_type      = 'newsportal'
     masthead_url          = 'http://estaticos.marca.com/deporte/img/v3.0/img_marca-com.png'
     extra_css             = """