diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/features/course-team.feature b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/features/course-team.feature
index 502321c49b..fc1212f398 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/features/course-team.feature
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/features/course-team.feature
@@ -3,32 +3,32 @@ Feature: Course Team
 
     Scenario: Users can add other users
         Given I have opened a new course in Studio
-        And The user "abcd" exists
+        And the user "alice" exists
         And I am viewing the course team settings
-        When I add "abcd" to the course team
-        And "abcd" logs in
-        Then He does see the course on his page
+        When I add "alice" to the course team
+        And "alice" logs in
+        Then she does see the course on her page
 
     Scenario: Added users cannot delete or add other users
         Given I have opened a new course in Studio
-        And The user "abcd" exists
+        And the user "bob" exists
         And I am viewing the course team settings
-        When I add "abcd" to the course team
-        And "abcd" logs in
-        Then He cannot delete users
-        And He cannot add users
+        When I add "bob" to the course team
+        And "bob" logs in
+        Then he cannot delete users
+        And he cannot add users
 
     Scenario: Users can delete other users
         Given I have opened a new course in Studio
-        And The user "abcd" exists
+        And the user "carol" exists
         And I am viewing the course team settings
-        When I add "abcd" to the course team
-        And I delete "abcd" from the course team
-        And "abcd" logs in
-        Then He does not see the course on his page
+        When I add "carol" to the course team
+        And I delete "carol" from the course team
+        And "carol" logs in
+        Then she does not see the course on her page
 
     Scenario: Users cannot add users that do not exist
         Given I have opened a new course in Studio
         And I am viewing the course team settings
-        When I add "abcd" to the course team
+        When I add "dennis" to the course team
         Then I should see "Could not find user by email address" somewhere on the page
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/features/course-team.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/features/course-team.py
index 4303d5066c..c126773db6 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/features/course-team.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/features/course-team.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def view_grading_settings(_step):
     world.css_click(link_css)
 
 
-@step(u'The user "([^"]*)" exists$')
+@step(u'the user "([^"]*)" exists$')
 def create_other_user(_step, name):
     create_studio_user(uname=name, password=PASSWORD, email=(name + EMAIL_EXTENSION))
 
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ def other_user_login(_step, name):
     log_into_studio(uname=name, password=PASSWORD, email=name + EMAIL_EXTENSION)
 
 
-@step(u'He does( not)? see the course on his page')
-def see_course(_step, doesnt_see_course):
+@step(u's?he does( not)? see the course on (his|her) page')
+def see_course(_step, doesnt_see_course, gender):
     class_css = 'span.class-name'
     all_courses = world.css_find(class_css)
     all_names = [item.html for item in all_courses]
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ def see_course(_step, doesnt_see_course):
         assert _COURSE_NAME in all_names
 
 
-@step(u'He cannot delete users')
+@step(u's?he cannot delete users')
 def cannot_delete(_step):
     to_delete_css = 'a.remove-user'
     assert world.is_css_not_present(to_delete_css)
 
 
-@step(u'He cannot add users')
+@step(u's?he cannot add users')
 def cannot_add(_step):
     add_css = 'a.new-user'
     assert world.is_css_not_present(add_css)