diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/binder/BindingResults.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/binder/BindingResults.java
index 6b95155af36..4f39f3ad438 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/binder/BindingResults.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/binder/BindingResults.java
@@ -30,13 +30,19 @@ public interface BindingResults extends Iterable<BindingResult> {
 	 */
 	BindingResults successes();
 
+	/**
+	 * If there is at least one failed BindingResult.
+	 * @see BindingResult#isFailure()
+	 */
+	boolean hasFailures();
+	
 	/**
 	 * The subset of BindingResults that failed.
 	 */
 	BindingResults failures();
 
 	/**
-	 * The number of results.
+	 * The total number of results.
 	 */
 	int size();
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/binder/MissingFieldException.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/binder/MissingFieldException.java
index d1cbe1474af..74b5eaff3bd 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/binder/MissingFieldException.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/binder/MissingFieldException.java
@@ -31,17 +31,17 @@ public class MissingFieldException extends RuntimeException {
 	private List<String> missing;
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a new missing source values exeption.
+	 * Creates a new missing field exceptions.
 	 * @param missing
-	 * @param sourceValues
+	 * @param fieldValues
 	 */
-	public MissingFieldException(List<String> missing, Map<String, ? extends Object> sourceValues) {
-		super(getMessage(missing, sourceValues));
+	public MissingFieldException(List<String> missing, Map<String, ? extends Object> fieldValues) {
+		super(getMessage(missing, fieldValues));
 		this.missing = missing;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * The property paths for which source values were missing.
+	 * The names of the fields that are missing.
 	 */
 	public List<String> getMissing() {
 		return missing;
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/ui/binder/ArrayListBindingResults.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/ui/binder/ArrayListBindingResults.java
index a0a03421b5e..72721a599fb 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/ui/binder/ArrayListBindingResults.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/ui/binder/ArrayListBindingResults.java
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ class ArrayListBindingResults implements BindingResults {
 		return results;
 	}
 
+	public boolean hasFailures() {
+		return failures().size() > 0;
+	}
+	
 	public BindingResults failures() {
 		ArrayListBindingResults results = new ArrayListBindingResults();
 		for (BindingResult result : this) {
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/ui/binder/FieldNotEditableResult.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/ui/binder/FieldNotEditableResult.java
index 3b79a3ccb33..b10fc5bfb40 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/ui/binder/FieldNotEditableResult.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/ui/binder/FieldNotEditableResult.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class FieldNotEditableResult implements BindingResult {
 	public Alert getAlert() {
 		return new Alert() {
 			public String getCode() {
-				return "propertyNotWriteable";
+				return "fieldNotEditable";
 			}
 
 			public Severity getSeverity() {
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/ui/binder/FieldNotFoundResult.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/ui/binder/FieldNotFoundResult.java
index 92413551aea..18511d35552 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/ui/binder/FieldNotFoundResult.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/model/ui/binder/FieldNotFoundResult.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class FieldNotFoundResult implements BindingResult {
 	public Alert getAlert() {
 		return new Alert() {
 			public String getCode() {
-				return "propertyNotFound";
+				return "fieldNotFound";
 			}
 
 			public Severity getSeverity() {