diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractBufferingAsyncClientHttpRequest.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractBufferingAsyncClientHttpRequest.java
index 76658da402..a9bedf9879 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractBufferingAsyncClientHttpRequest.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractBufferingAsyncClientHttpRequest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 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.
@@ -24,24 +24,24 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 
 /**
- * Abstract base for {@link org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequest} that buffers output in a byte array before sending it over the wire.
+ * Base implementation of {@link AsyncClientHttpRequest} that buffers output
+ * in a byte array before sending it over the wire.
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
- * @since 3.0.6
+ * @since 4.0
  */
-abstract class AbstractBufferingAsyncClientHttpRequest
-		extends AbstractAsyncClientHttpRequest {
+abstract class AbstractBufferingAsyncClientHttpRequest extends AbstractAsyncClientHttpRequest {
 
 	private ByteArrayOutputStream bufferedOutput = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 
+
 	@Override
 	protected OutputStream getBodyInternal(HttpHeaders headers) throws IOException {
 		return this.bufferedOutput;
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected ListenableFuture<ClientHttpResponse> executeInternal(HttpHeaders headers)
-			throws IOException {
+	protected ListenableFuture<ClientHttpResponse> executeInternal(HttpHeaders headers) throws IOException {
 		byte[] bytes = this.bufferedOutput.toByteArray();
 		if (headers.getContentLength() == -1) {
 			headers.setContentLength(bytes.length);
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ abstract class AbstractBufferingAsyncClientHttpRequest
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Abstract template method that writes the given headers and content to the HTTP
-	 * request.
-	 *
+	 * Abstract template method that writes the given headers and content to the HTTP request.
 	 * @param headers the HTTP headers
 	 * @param bufferedOutput the body content
 	 * @return the response object for the executed request
@@ -62,5 +60,4 @@ abstract class AbstractBufferingAsyncClientHttpRequest
 	protected abstract ListenableFuture<ClientHttpResponse> executeInternal(
 			HttpHeaders headers, byte[] bufferedOutput) throws IOException;
 
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest.java
index 3048b76009..ab44d94a0a 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 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.
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import java.io.OutputStream;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 
 /**
- * Abstract base for {@link ClientHttpRequest} that buffers output in a byte array before sending it over the wire.
+ * Base implementation of {@link ClientHttpRequest} that buffers output
+ * in a byte array before sending it over the wire.
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @since 3.0.6
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ abstract class AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest extends AbstractClientHttpRequ
 
 	private ByteArrayOutputStream bufferedOutput = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
 
+
 	@Override
 	protected OutputStream getBodyInternal(HttpHeaders headers) throws IOException {
 		return this.bufferedOutput;
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory.java
index fe8bb3787e..9aabb66a36 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory.java
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ public class HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory implements ClientHttpRequest
 
 
 	/**
-	 * Create a new instance of the {@code HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory} with
-	 * a default {@link HttpClient}.
+	 * Create a new instance of the {@code HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory}
+	 * with a default {@link HttpClient}.
 	 */
 	public HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory() {
 		this(HttpClients.createSystem());
@@ -76,10 +76,8 @@ public class HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory implements ClientHttpRequest
 	/**
 	 * Create a new instance of the {@code HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory}
 	 * with the given {@link HttpClient} instance.
-	 * <p>
-	 * As of Spring Framework 4 the given client is expected to be of type
+	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 4.0, the given client is expected to be of type
 	 * CloseableHttpClient (requiring HttpClient 4.3+).
-	 *
 	 * @param httpClient the HttpClient instance to use for this request factory
 	 */
 	public HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory(HttpClient httpClient) {
@@ -91,11 +89,8 @@ public class HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory implements ClientHttpRequest
 
     /**
      * Set the {@code HttpClient} used for
-	 * <p>
-	 * As of Spring Framework 4 the given client is expected to be of type
+	 * <p>As of Spring Framework 4.0, the given client is expected to be of type
 	 * CloseableHttpClient (requiring HttpClient 4.3+).
-	 *
-     * {@linkplain #createRequest(URI, HttpMethod) synchronous execution}.
      */
     public void setHttpClient(HttpClient httpClient) {
 		Assert.isInstanceOf(CloseableHttpClient.class, httpClient, "'httpClient' is not of type CloseableHttpClient");