diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/MessageSourceResolvable.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/MessageSourceResolvable.java
index d1b1f388d06..b6441e59d72 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/MessageSourceResolvable.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/MessageSourceResolvable.java
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors.
- * 
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
+ *
  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
+ *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public interface MessageSourceResolvable {
 	 * they should get tried. The last code will therefore be the default one.
 	 * @return a String array of codes which are associated with this message
 	 */
-	public String[] getCodes();
+	String[] getCodes();
 
 	/**
 	 * Return the array of arguments to be used to resolve this message.
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ public interface MessageSourceResolvable {
 	 * placeholders within the message text
 	 * @see java.text.MessageFormat
 	 */
-	public Object[] getArguments();
+	Object[] getArguments();
 
 	/**
 	 * Return the default message to be used to resolve this message.
 	 * @return the default message, or <code>null</code> if no default
 	 */
-	public String getDefaultMessage();
+	String getDefaultMessage();
 
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractMessageSource.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractMessageSource.java
index edd57230504..3d9231a0fcf 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractMessageSource.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/support/AbstractMessageSource.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractMessageSource extends MessageSourceSupport impleme
 				return msg;
 			}
 		}
-		if (resolvable.getDefaultMessage() != null) {
-			return renderDefaultMessage(resolvable.getDefaultMessage(), resolvable.getArguments(), locale);
+		String defaultMessage = resolvable.getDefaultMessage();
+		if (defaultMessage != null) {
+			return renderDefaultMessage(defaultMessage, resolvable.getArguments(), locale);
 		}
 		if (codes.length > 0) {
 			String fallback = getDefaultMessage(codes[0]);
@@ -256,25 +257,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractMessageSource extends MessageSourceSupport impleme
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Render the given default message String. The default message is passed in
-	 * as specified by the caller and can be rendered into a fully formatted
-	 * default message shown to the user.
-	 * <p>The default implementation passes the String to {@link #formatMessage},
-	 * resolving any argument placeholders found in them. Subclasses may override
-	 * this method to plug in custom processing of default messages.
-	 * @param defaultMessage the passed-in default message String
-	 * @param args array of arguments that will be filled in for params within
-	 * the message, or <code>null</code> if none.
-	 * @param locale the Locale used for formatting
-	 * @return the rendered default message (with resolved arguments)
-	 * @see #formatMessage(String, Object[], java.util.Locale)
-	 */
-	@Override
-	protected String renderDefaultMessage(String defaultMessage, Object[] args, Locale locale) {
-		return formatMessage(defaultMessage, args, locale);
-	}
-
 
 	/**
 	 * Searches through the given array of objects, finds any MessageSourceResolvable