diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/AbstractCheckedElementTag.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/AbstractCheckedElementTag.java
index b62ed81ed8b..5eac86407fb 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/AbstractCheckedElementTag.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/AbstractCheckedElementTag.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form;
 
-import java.beans.PropertyEditor;
 import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
 
 /**
@@ -45,8 +44,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractCheckedElementTag extends AbstractHtmlInputElement
 	 * bound value.
 	 */
 	protected void renderFromValue(Object item, Object value, TagWriter tagWriter) throws JspException {
-		PropertyEditor editor = (value != null ? getBindStatus().findEditor(value.getClass()) : null);
-		tagWriter.writeAttribute("value", getDisplayString(value, editor));
+		tagWriter.writeAttribute("value", convertToDisplayString(value));
 		if (isOptionSelected(value) || (value != item && isOptionSelected(item))) {
 			tagWriter.writeAttribute("checked", "checked");
 		}
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java
index aaf39dc923e..84645cb24d0 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java
@@ -218,6 +218,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag extends AbstractFormTag im
 		return getPropertyEditor();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get a display String for the given value, converted by a PropertyEditor
+	 * that the BindStatus may have registered for the value's Class.
+	 */
+	protected String convertToDisplayString(Object value) throws JspException {
+		PropertyEditor editor = (value != null ? getBindStatus().findEditor(value.getClass()) : null);
+		return getDisplayString(value, editor);
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Disposes of the {@link BindStatus} instance.
 	 */
diff --git a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/AbstractMultiCheckedElementTag.java b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/AbstractMultiCheckedElementTag.java
index 85b629556e6..5cb997346bf 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/AbstractMultiCheckedElementTag.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/form/AbstractMultiCheckedElementTag.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.
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMultiCheckedElementTag extends AbstractCheckedElem
 			}
 		}
 		else {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Attribute 'items' must be a Collection, an Array or a Map");
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Attribute 'items' must be an array, a Collection or a Map");
 		}
 
 		return SKIP_BODY;
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMultiCheckedElementTag extends AbstractCheckedElem
 		tagWriter.endTag();
 		tagWriter.startTag("label");
 		tagWriter.writeAttribute("for", id);
-		tagWriter.appendValue(label.toString());
+		tagWriter.appendValue(convertToDisplayString(label));
 		tagWriter.endTag();
 		tagWriter.endTag();
 	}