diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsClientHttpRequest.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsClientHttpRequest.java
index 77f392dfa09..db9493c0634 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsClientHttpRequest.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsClientHttpRequest.java
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 
 /**
  * {@link org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequest} implementation that uses
- * Apache HTTPComponents HttpClient to execute requests.
+ * Apache HttpComponents HttpClient to execute requests.
  *
  * <p>Created via the {@link HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory}.
  *
  * @author Oleg Kalnichevski
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
- * @since 3.0
+ * @since 3.1
  * @see HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory#createRequest(URI, HttpMethod)
  */
 final class HttpComponentsClientHttpRequest extends AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest {
@@ -49,19 +49,22 @@ final class HttpComponentsClientHttpRequest extends AbstractBufferingClientHttpR
 
 	private final HttpUriRequest httpRequest;
 
+
 	public HttpComponentsClientHttpRequest(HttpClient httpClient, HttpUriRequest httpRequest) {
 		this.httpClient = httpClient;
 		this.httpRequest = httpRequest;
 	}
 
+
 	public HttpMethod getMethod() {
-		return HttpMethod.valueOf(httpRequest.getMethod());
+		return HttpMethod.valueOf(this.httpRequest.getMethod());
 	}
 
 	public URI getURI() {
-		return httpRequest.getURI();
+		return this.httpRequest.getURI();
 	}
 
+
 	@Override
 	protected ClientHttpResponse executeInternal(HttpHeaders headers, byte[] bufferedOutput) throws IOException {
 		for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> entry : headers.entrySet()) {
@@ -69,17 +72,17 @@ final class HttpComponentsClientHttpRequest extends AbstractBufferingClientHttpR
 			if (!headerName.equalsIgnoreCase(HTTP.CONTENT_LEN) &&
 					!headerName.equalsIgnoreCase(HTTP.TRANSFER_ENCODING)) {
 				for (String headerValue : entry.getValue()) {
-					httpRequest.addHeader(headerName, headerValue);
+					this.httpRequest.addHeader(headerName, headerValue);
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		if (httpRequest instanceof HttpEntityEnclosingRequest) {
-			HttpEntityEnclosingRequest entityEnclosingRequest = (HttpEntityEnclosingRequest) httpRequest;
+		if (this.httpRequest instanceof HttpEntityEnclosingRequest) {
+			HttpEntityEnclosingRequest entityEnclosingRequest = (HttpEntityEnclosingRequest) this.httpRequest;
 			HttpEntity requestEntity = new ByteArrayEntity(bufferedOutput);
 			entityEnclosingRequest.setEntity(requestEntity);
 		}
-		HttpResponse httpResponse = httpClient.execute(httpRequest);
+		HttpResponse httpResponse = this.httpClient.execute(this.httpRequest);
 		return new HttpComponentsClientHttpResponse(httpResponse);
-
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsClientHttpResponse.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsClientHttpResponse.java
index dbe4c57412e..4b5e9a23bb0 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsClientHttpResponse.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/client/HttpComponentsClientHttpResponse.java
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 
 /**
  * {@link org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpResponse} implementation that uses
- * Apache Http Components HttpClient to execute requests.
+ * Apache HttpComponents HttpClient to execute requests.
  *
  * <p>Created via the {@link HttpComponentsClientHttpRequest}.
  *
  * @author Oleg Kalnichevski
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
- * @since 3.0
+ * @since 3.1
  * @see HttpComponentsClientHttpRequest#execute()
  */
 final class HttpComponentsClientHttpResponse implements ClientHttpResponse {
@@ -44,35 +44,37 @@ final class HttpComponentsClientHttpResponse implements ClientHttpResponse {
 
 	private HttpHeaders headers;
 
+
 	public HttpComponentsClientHttpResponse(HttpResponse httpResponse) {
 		this.httpResponse = httpResponse;
 	}
 
+
 	public HttpStatus getStatusCode() throws IOException {
-		return HttpStatus.valueOf(httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+		return HttpStatus.valueOf(this.httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
 	}
 
 	public String getStatusText() throws IOException {
-		return httpResponse.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase();
+		return this.httpResponse.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase();
 	}
 
 	public HttpHeaders getHeaders() {
-		if (headers == null) {
-			headers = new HttpHeaders();
-			for (Header header : httpResponse.getAllHeaders()) {
-				headers.add(header.getName(), header.getValue());
+		if (this.headers == null) {
+			this.headers = new HttpHeaders();
+			for (Header header : this.httpResponse.getAllHeaders()) {
+				this.headers.add(header.getName(), header.getValue());
 			}
 		}
-		return headers;
+		return this.headers;
 	}
 
 	public InputStream getBody() throws IOException {
-		HttpEntity entity = httpResponse.getEntity();
+		HttpEntity entity = this.httpResponse.getEntity();
 		return entity != null ? entity.getContent() : null;
 	}
 
 	public void close() {
-		HttpEntity entity = httpResponse.getEntity();
+		HttpEntity entity = this.httpResponse.getEntity();
 		if (entity != null) {
 			try {
 				// Release underlying connection back to the connection manager
@@ -83,4 +85,5 @@ final class HttpComponentsClientHttpResponse implements ClientHttpResponse {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
 }