diff --git a/akka-transactor/src/main/scala/akka/transactor/Coordinated.scala b/akka-transactor/src/main/scala/akka/transactor/Coordinated.scala
index 2463f0e436..792824be24 100644
--- a/akka-transactor/src/main/scala/akka/transactor/Coordinated.scala
+++ b/akka-transactor/src/main/scala/akka/transactor/Coordinated.scala
@@ -12,19 +12,29 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Callable
 /**
  * Akka-specific exception for coordinated transactions.
  */
-class CoordinatedTransactionException(message: String, cause: Throwable = null) extends AkkaException(message, cause) {
-  def this(msg: String) = this(msg, null);
+class CoordinatedTransactionException(message: String, cause: Throwable) extends AkkaException(message, cause) {
+  def this(msg: String) = this(msg, null)
 }
 
 /**
  * Coordinated transactions across actors.
  */
 object Coordinated {
-  def apply(message: Any = null)(implicit timeout: Timeout) = new Coordinated(message, createInitialMember(timeout))
 
+  /**
+   * Creates a new Coordinated with the given message and Timeout
+   * @param message - the message which will be coordinated
+   * @param timeout - the timeout for the coordination
+   * @return a new Coordinated
+   */
+  def apply(message: Any = null)(implicit timeout: Timeout): Coordinated =
+    new Coordinated(message, CommitBarrier(timeout.duration.toMillis).addMember())
+
+  /**
+   * @param c - a Coordinated to be unapplied
+   * @return the message associated with the given Coordinated
+   */
   def unapply(c: Coordinated): Option[Any] = Some(c.message)
-
-  def createInitialMember(timeout: Timeout) = CommitBarrier(timeout.duration.toMillis).addMember()
 }
 
 /**
@@ -91,16 +101,15 @@ class Coordinated(val message: Any, member: CommitBarrier.Member) {
 
   // Java API constructors
 
-  def this(message: Any, timeout: Timeout) = this(message, Coordinated.createInitialMember(timeout))
+  def this(message: Any, timeout: Timeout) = this(message, CommitBarrier(timeout.duration.toMillis).addMember())
 
-  def this(timeout: Timeout) = this(null, Coordinated.createInitialMember(timeout))
+  def this(timeout: Timeout) = this(null, timeout)
 
   /**
    * Create a new Coordinated object and increment the number of members by one.
    * Use this method to ''pass on'' the coordination.
    */
-  def apply(msg: Any): Coordinated =
-    new Coordinated(msg, member.commitBarrier.addMember())
+  def apply(msg: Any): Coordinated = new Coordinated(msg, member.commitBarrier.addMember())
 
   /**
    * Create a new Coordinated object but *do not* increment the number of members by one.
diff --git a/akka-transactor/src/main/scala/akka/transactor/Transactor.scala b/akka-transactor/src/main/scala/akka/transactor/Transactor.scala
index 6e390a6623..fd802e1f21 100644
--- a/akka-transactor/src/main/scala/akka/transactor/Transactor.scala
+++ b/akka-transactor/src/main/scala/akka/transactor/Transactor.scala
@@ -176,8 +176,10 @@ trait Transactor extends Actor {
   /**
    * Default catch-all for the different Receive methods.
    */
-  def doNothing: Receive = new Receive {
-    def apply(any: Any) = {}
-    def isDefinedAt(any: Any) = false
-  }
+  def doNothing: Receive = EmptyReceive
+}
+
+private[akka] object EmptyReceive extends PartialFunction[Any, Unit] {
+  def apply(any: Any): Unit = ()
+  def isDefinedAt(any: Any): Boolean = false
 }
diff --git a/akka-transactor/src/main/scala/akka/transactor/TransactorExtension.scala b/akka-transactor/src/main/scala/akka/transactor/TransactorExtension.scala
index 96aea8904c..85cb8c46fd 100644
--- a/akka-transactor/src/main/scala/akka/transactor/TransactorExtension.scala
+++ b/akka-transactor/src/main/scala/akka/transactor/TransactorExtension.scala
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS
  */
 object TransactorExtension extends ExtensionId[TransactorSettings] with ExtensionIdProvider {
   override def get(system: ActorSystem): TransactorSettings = super.get(system)
-  override def lookup = TransactorExtension
+  override def lookup: TransactorExtension.type = TransactorExtension
   override def createExtension(system: ExtendedActorSystem): TransactorSettings = new TransactorSettings(system.settings.config)
 }
 
 class TransactorSettings(val config: Config) extends Extension {
   import config._
-  val CoordinatedTimeout = Timeout(Duration(getMilliseconds("akka.transactor.coordinated-timeout"), MILLISECONDS))
+  val CoordinatedTimeout: Timeout = Timeout(Duration(getMilliseconds("akka.transactor.coordinated-timeout"), MILLISECONDS))
 }
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