diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.java
index 728b674910..9bf48b90d0 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/MessageSourceAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public class MessageSourceAutoConfiguration {
 					classLoader = classLoader.getParent();
 				}
 			}
-			catch (Throwable e) {
+			catch (Throwable ex) {
 			}
 			ROOT_CLASSLOADER = classLoader;
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/app/SpringApplicationLauncher.java b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/app/SpringApplicationLauncher.java
index 44fec71cad..10ec0cbbd1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/app/SpringApplicationLauncher.java
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/app/SpringApplicationLauncher.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.cli.app;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@ public class SpringApplicationLauncher {
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new launcher that will use the given {@code classLoader} to load
 	 * {@code SpringApplication}.
-	 *
 	 * @param classLoader the {@code ClassLoader} to use
 	 */
 	public SpringApplicationLauncher(ClassLoader classLoader) {
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ public class SpringApplicationLauncher {
 	/**
 	 * Launches the application created using the given {@code sources}. The application
 	 * is launched with the given {@code args}.
-	 *
 	 * @param sources The sources for the application
 	 * @param args The args for the application
 	 * @return The application's {@code ApplicationContext}
@@ -55,10 +54,9 @@ public class SpringApplicationLauncher {
 	public Object launch(Object[] sources, String[] args) throws Exception {
 		Map<String, Object> defaultProperties = new HashMap<String, Object>();
 		defaultProperties.put("spring.groovy.template.check-template-location", "false");
-
 		Class<?> applicationClass = this.classLoader.loadClass(SPRING_APPLICATION_CLASS);
-		Object application = applicationClass.getConstructor(Object[].class).newInstance(
-				(Object) sources);
+		Constructor<?> constructor = applicationClass.getConstructor(Object[].class);
+		Object application = constructor.newInstance((Object) sources);
 		applicationClass.getMethod("setDefaultProperties", Map.class).invoke(application,
 				defaultProperties);
 		Method method = applicationClass.getMethod("run", String[].class);
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/GsonJsonParser.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/GsonJsonParser.java
index f19c0d44a1..4132d7a36f 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/GsonJsonParser.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/GsonJsonParser.java
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 
 /**
- * @author dsyer
+ * Thin wrapper to adapt {@link Gson} to a {@link JsonParser}.
+ *
+ * @author Dave Syer
+ * @since 1.2.0
+ * @see JsonParserFactory
  */
 public class GsonJsonParser implements JsonParser {
 
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/JsonParserFactory.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/JsonParserFactory.java
index 8b47bf7f43..2f2fd622df 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/JsonParserFactory.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/JsonParserFactory.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2014 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.
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/json/GsonJsonParserTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/json/GsonJsonParserTests.java
index ae0a108da1..89a51e728a 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/json/GsonJsonParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/json/GsonJsonParserTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2014 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.
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.json;
 
 /**
- * Tests for {@link YamlJsonParser}.
+ * Tests for {@link GsonJsonParser}.
  *
  * @author Dave Syer
  */