diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SupervisorMiscSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SupervisorMiscSpec.scala
index caeacfb3db..f644842591 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SupervisorMiscSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/SupervisorMiscSpec.scala
@@ -60,5 +60,22 @@ class SupervisorMiscSpec extends AkkaSpec(SupervisorMiscSpec.config) with Defaul
         assert(Await.result(actor4 ? "status", timeout.duration) == "OK", "actor4 is shutdown")
       }
     }
+
+    "be able to create named children in its constructor" in {
+      val a = system.actorOf(Props(new Actor {
+        context.actorOf(Props.empty, "bob")
+        def receive = {
+          case x: Exception ⇒ throw x
+        }
+        override def preStart(): Unit = testActor ! "preStart"
+      }))
+      val m = "weird message"
+      EventFilter[Exception](m, occurrences = 1) intercept {
+        a ! new Exception(m)
+      }
+      expectMsg("preStart")
+      expectMsg("preStart")
+      a.isTerminated must be(false)
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
index 39bd52aa87..e659928743 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorCell.scala
@@ -389,7 +389,6 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
     def recreate(cause: Throwable): Unit = try {
       val failedActor = actor
       if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self.path.toString, clazz(failedActor), "restarting"))
-      val freshActor = newActor()
       if (failedActor ne null) {
         val c = currentMessage //One read only plz
         try {
@@ -398,7 +397,8 @@ private[akka] class ActorCell(
           clearActorFields()
         }
       }
-      actor = freshActor // assign it here so if preStart fails, we can null out the sef-refs next call
+      val freshActor = newActor() // this must happen after failedActor.preRestart (to scrap those children)
+      actor = freshActor // this must happen before postRestart has a chance to fail
       freshActor.postRestart(cause)
       if (system.settings.DebugLifecycle) system.eventStream.publish(Debug(self.path.toString, clazz(freshActor), "restarted"))
 
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/Logging.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/Logging.scala
index a58ea3fdb9..93019318dd 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/Logging.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/event/Logging.scala
@@ -734,37 +734,37 @@ trait LoggingAdapter {
    */
 
   def error(cause: Throwable, message: String) { if (isErrorEnabled) notifyError(cause, message) }
-  def error(cause: Throwable, template: String, arg1: Any) { if (isErrorEnabled) notifyError(cause, format(template, arg1)) }
+  def error(cause: Throwable, template: String, arg1: Any) { if (isErrorEnabled) notifyError(cause, format1(template, arg1)) }
   def error(cause: Throwable, template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any) { if (isErrorEnabled) notifyError(cause, format(template, arg1, arg2)) }
   def error(cause: Throwable, template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any, arg3: Any) { if (isErrorEnabled) notifyError(cause, format(template, arg1, arg2, arg3)) }
   def error(cause: Throwable, template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any, arg3: Any, arg4: Any) { if (isErrorEnabled) notifyError(cause, format(template, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4)) }
 
   def error(message: String) { if (isErrorEnabled) notifyError(message) }
-  def error(template: String, arg1: Any) { if (isErrorEnabled) notifyError(format(template, arg1)) }
+  def error(template: String, arg1: Any) { if (isErrorEnabled) notifyError(format1(template, arg1)) }
   def error(template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any) { if (isErrorEnabled) notifyError(format(template, arg1, arg2)) }
   def error(template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any, arg3: Any) { if (isErrorEnabled) notifyError(format(template, arg1, arg2, arg3)) }
   def error(template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any, arg3: Any, arg4: Any) { if (isErrorEnabled) notifyError(format(template, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4)) }
 
   def warning(message: String) { if (isWarningEnabled) notifyWarning(message) }
-  def warning(template: String, arg1: Any) { if (isWarningEnabled) notifyWarning(format(template, arg1)) }
+  def warning(template: String, arg1: Any) { if (isWarningEnabled) notifyWarning(format1(template, arg1)) }
   def warning(template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any) { if (isWarningEnabled) notifyWarning(format(template, arg1, arg2)) }
   def warning(template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any, arg3: Any) { if (isWarningEnabled) notifyWarning(format(template, arg1, arg2, arg3)) }
   def warning(template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any, arg3: Any, arg4: Any) { if (isWarningEnabled) notifyWarning(format(template, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4)) }
 
   def info(message: String) { if (isInfoEnabled) notifyInfo(message) }
-  def info(template: String, arg1: Any) { if (isInfoEnabled) notifyInfo(format(template, arg1)) }
+  def info(template: String, arg1: Any) { if (isInfoEnabled) notifyInfo(format1(template, arg1)) }
   def info(template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any) { if (isInfoEnabled) notifyInfo(format(template, arg1, arg2)) }
   def info(template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any, arg3: Any) { if (isInfoEnabled) notifyInfo(format(template, arg1, arg2, arg3)) }
   def info(template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any, arg3: Any, arg4: Any) { if (isInfoEnabled) notifyInfo(format(template, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4)) }
 
   def debug(message: String) { if (isDebugEnabled) notifyDebug(message) }
-  def debug(template: String, arg1: Any) { if (isDebugEnabled) notifyDebug(format(template, arg1)) }
+  def debug(template: String, arg1: Any) { if (isDebugEnabled) notifyDebug(format1(template, arg1)) }
   def debug(template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any) { if (isDebugEnabled) notifyDebug(format(template, arg1, arg2)) }
   def debug(template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any, arg3: Any) { if (isDebugEnabled) notifyDebug(format(template, arg1, arg2, arg3)) }
   def debug(template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any, arg3: Any, arg4: Any) { if (isDebugEnabled) notifyDebug(format(template, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4)) }
 
   def log(level: Logging.LogLevel, message: String) { if (isEnabled(level)) notifyLog(level, message) }
-  def log(level: Logging.LogLevel, template: String, arg1: Any) { if (isEnabled(level)) notifyLog(level, format(template, arg1)) }
+  def log(level: Logging.LogLevel, template: String, arg1: Any) { if (isEnabled(level)) notifyLog(level, format1(template, arg1)) }
   def log(level: Logging.LogLevel, template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any) { if (isEnabled(level)) notifyLog(level, format(template, arg1, arg2)) }
   def log(level: Logging.LogLevel, template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any, arg3: Any) { if (isEnabled(level)) notifyLog(level, format(template, arg1, arg2, arg3)) }
   def log(level: Logging.LogLevel, template: String, arg1: Any, arg2: Any, arg3: Any, arg4: Any) { if (isEnabled(level)) notifyLog(level, format(template, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4)) }
@@ -783,16 +783,28 @@ trait LoggingAdapter {
     case Logging.DebugLevel   ⇒ if (isDebugEnabled) notifyDebug(message)
   }
 
+  private def format1(t: String, arg: Any) = arg match {
+    case a: Array[_] if !a.getClass.getComponentType.isPrimitive ⇒ format(t, a: _*)
+    case a: Array[_] ⇒ format(t, (a map (_.asInstanceOf[AnyRef]): _*))
+    case x ⇒ format(t, x)
+  }
+
   def format(t: String, arg: Any*) = {
     val sb = new StringBuilder
     var p = 0
     var rest = t
     while (p < arg.length) {
       val index = rest.indexOf("{}")
-      sb.append(rest.substring(0, index))
-      sb.append(arg(p))
-      rest = rest.substring(index + 2)
-      p += 1
+      if (index == -1) {
+        sb.append(rest).append(" WARNING arguments left: ").append(arg.length - p)
+        rest = ""
+        p = arg.length
+      } else {
+        sb.append(rest.substring(0, index))
+        sb.append(arg(p))
+        rest = rest.substring(index + 2)
+        p += 1
+      }
     }
     sb.append(rest)
     sb.toString
diff --git a/akka-docs/java/code/akka/docs/event/LoggingDocTestBase.java b/akka-docs/java/code/akka/docs/event/LoggingDocTestBase.java
index 1a1f7867c0..8f7b63d8a8 100644
--- a/akka-docs/java/code/akka/docs/event/LoggingDocTestBase.java
+++ b/akka-docs/java/code/akka/docs/event/LoggingDocTestBase.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import akka.actor.DeadLetter;
 //#imports-deadletter
 
 public class LoggingDocTestBase {
-
+  
   @Test
   public void useLoggingActor() {
     ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create("MySystem");
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@ public class LoggingDocTestBase {
     //#deadletters
     system.shutdown();
   }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void demonstrateMultipleArgs() {
+    final ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create("multiArg");
+    //#array
+    final Object[] args = new Object[] { "The", "brown", "fox", "jumps", 42 };
+    system.log().debug("five parameters: {}, {}, {}, {}, {}", args);
+    //#array
+    system.shutdown();
+  }
 
   //#my-actor
   class MyActor extends UntypedActor {
diff --git a/akka-docs/java/logging.rst b/akka-docs/java/logging.rst
index fabd9f6e92..333640a41f 100644
--- a/akka-docs/java/logging.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/java/logging.rst
@@ -30,8 +30,13 @@ object is translated to a String according to the following rules:
   * in case of a class an approximation of its simpleName
   * and in all other cases the simpleName of its class
 
-The log message may contain argument placeholders ``{}``, which will be substituted if the log level
-is enabled.
+The log message may contain argument placeholders ``{}``, which will be
+substituted if the log level is enabled. Giving more arguments as there are
+placeholders results in a warning being appended to the log statement (i.e. on
+the same line with the same severity). You may pass a Java array as the only
+substitution argument to have its elements be treated individually:
+
+.. includecode:: code/akka/docs/event/LoggingDocTestBase.java#array
 
 The Java :class:`Class` of the log source is also included in the generated
 :class:`LogEvent`. In case of a simple string this is replaced with a “marker”
diff --git a/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/event/LoggingDocSpec.scala b/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/event/LoggingDocSpec.scala
index cd6ecdb162..0aa29549c9 100644
--- a/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/event/LoggingDocSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/event/LoggingDocSpec.scala
@@ -89,4 +89,11 @@ class LoggingDocSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     //#deadletters
   }
 
+  "demonstrate logging more arguments" in {
+    //#array
+    val args = Array("The", "brown", "fox", "jumps", 42)
+    system.log.debug("five parameters: {}, {}, {}, {}, {}", args)
+    //#array
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/akka-docs/scala/logging.rst b/akka-docs/scala/logging.rst
index dd58b24fb4..1ccf9583dd 100644
--- a/akka-docs/scala/logging.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/scala/logging.rst
@@ -34,8 +34,20 @@ The source object is translated to a String according to the following rules:
   * and in all other cases a compile error occurs unless and implicit
     :class:`LogSource[T]` is in scope for the type in question.
 
-The log message may contain argument placeholders ``{}``, which will be substituted if the log level
-is enabled.
+The log message may contain argument placeholders ``{}``, which will be
+substituted if the log level is enabled. Giving more arguments as there are
+placeholders results in a warning being appended to the log statement (i.e. on
+the same line with the same severity). You may pass a Java array as the only
+substitution argument to have its elements be treated individually:
+
+.. includecode:: code/akka/docs/event/LoggingDocSpec.scala#array
+
+The Java :class:`Class` of the log source is also included in the generated
+:class:`LogEvent`. In case of a simple string this is replaced with a “marker”
+class :class:`akka.event.DummyClassForStringSources` in order to allow special
+treatment of this case, e.g. in the SLF4J event listener which will then use
+the string instead of the class’ name for looking up the logger instance to
+use.
 
 Auxiliary logging options
 -------------------------