diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/AbstractUserDetailsServiceBeanDefinitionParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/AbstractUserDetailsServiceBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 70ecb4dfe2..471215f99a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/AbstractUserDetailsServiceBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/AbstractUserDetailsServiceBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class AbstractUserDetailsServiceBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractSing
 
         // If top level, use the default name or throw an exception if already used
         if (parserContext.getRegistry().containsBeanDefinition(BeanIds.USER_DETAILS_SERVICE)) {
-            throw new SecurityConfigurationException("No id supplied in <" + element.getNodeName() + "> and another " +
+            throw new BeanDefinitionStoreException("No id supplied and another " +
                     "bean is already registered as " + BeanIds.USER_DETAILS_SERVICE);
         }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/AuthenticationProviderBeanDefinitionParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/AuthenticationProviderBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 2faaf1c1a5..b958cbe07e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/AuthenticationProviderBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/AuthenticationProviderBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ class AuthenticationProviderBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser
         Element ldapUserServiceElt = DomUtils.getChildElementByTagName(element, Elements.LDAP_USER_SERVICE);
 
         if (StringUtils.hasText(ref)) {
-            if (userServiceElt != null || jdbcUserServiceElt != null) {
-                throw new SecurityConfigurationException("The ref attribute cannot be used in combination with child" +
-                        "elements '" + Elements.USER_SERVICE + "' or '" + Elements.JDBC_USER_SERVICE + "'");
+            if (userServiceElt != null || jdbcUserServiceElt != null || ldapUserServiceElt != null) {
+                parserContext.getReaderContext().error("The ref attribute cannot be used in combination with child" +
+                        "elements '" + Elements.USER_SERVICE + "', '" + Elements.JDBC_USER_SERVICE + "' or '" +
+                        Elements.LDAP_USER_SERVICE + "'", element);
             }
 
             authProvider.getPropertyValues().addPropertyValue("userDetailsService", new RuntimeBeanReference(ref));
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ class AuthenticationProviderBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser
         }
 
         // Use the child elements to create the UserDetailsService
-        BeanDefinition userDetailsService;
+        BeanDefinition userDetailsService = null;
 
         if (userServiceElt != null) {
             userDetailsService = new UserServiceBeanDefinitionParser().parse(userServiceElt, parserContext);
@@ -63,8 +64,7 @@ class AuthenticationProviderBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser
         } else if (ldapUserServiceElt != null) {
             userDetailsService = new LdapUserServiceBeanDefinitionParser().parse(ldapUserServiceElt, parserContext);
         } else {
-            throw new SecurityConfigurationException(Elements.AUTHENTICATION_PROVIDER
-                    + " requires a UserDetailsService" );
+            parserContext.getReaderContext().error("A user-service is required", element);
         }
 
         authProvider.getPropertyValues().addPropertyValue("userDetailsService", userDetailsService);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/HttpSecurityConfigPostProcessor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/HttpSecurityConfigPostProcessor.java
index b1ccec7a58..973c8bf701 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/HttpSecurityConfigPostProcessor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/HttpSecurityConfigPostProcessor.java
@@ -155,8 +155,7 @@ public class HttpSecurityConfigPostProcessor implements BeanFactoryPostProcessor
             mainEntryPoint = (AuthenticationEntryPoint) entryPointMap.get(BeanIds.FORM_LOGIN_ENTRY_POINT);
 
             if (mainEntryPoint == null) {
-                mainEntryPoint = (AuthenticationEntryPoint)
-                    entryPointMap.get(BeanIds.BASIC_AUTHENTICATION_ENTRY_POINT);
+                mainEntryPoint = (AuthenticationEntryPoint) entryPointMap.get(BeanIds.BASIC_AUTHENTICATION_ENTRY_POINT);
                 if (mainEntryPoint == null) {
                     throw new SecurityConfigurationException("Failed to resolve authentication entry point");
                 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/JdbcUserServiceBeanDefinitionParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/JdbcUserServiceBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 0e3b9d6b4b..fc7077f6f6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/JdbcUserServiceBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/JdbcUserServiceBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.springframework.security.config;
 
 import org.springframework.security.userdetails.jdbc.JdbcUserDetailsManager;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException;
 
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ public class JdbcUserServiceBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractUserDetailsServ
             builder.addPropertyReference("dataSource", dataSource);
         } else {
             // TODO: Have some sensible fallback if dataSource not specified, eg autowire
-            throw new SecurityConfigurationException(ATT_DATA_SOURCE  + " is required for "
+            throw new BeanDefinitionStoreException(ATT_DATA_SOURCE  + " is required for "
                     + Elements.JDBC_USER_SERVICE );
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/RememberMeBeanDefinitionParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/RememberMeBeanDefinitionParser.java
index 66ba6b2c37..ed7e43b01d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/RememberMeBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/RememberMeBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class RememberMeBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
         boolean tokenRepoSet = StringUtils.hasText(tokenRepository);
 
         if (dataSourceSet && tokenRepoSet) {
-            throw new SecurityConfigurationException("Specify tokenRepository or dataSource but not both");
+            parserContext.getReaderContext().error("Specify tokenRepository or dataSource but not both", element);
         }
 
         boolean isPersistent = dataSourceSet | tokenRepoSet;