diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/util/StreamUtils.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/util/StreamUtils.scala
index 83277829e9..793d48c11b 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/util/StreamUtils.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/impl/util/StreamUtils.scala
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ private[http] object StreamUtils {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns a no-op flow that materialized to a future that will be completed when the flow gets a
+   * Returns a no-op flow that materializes to a future that will be completed when the flow gets a
    * completion or error signal. It doesn't necessarily mean, though, that all of a streaming pipeline
    * is finished, only that the part that contains this flow has finished work.
    */
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/Http.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/Http.scala
index 130d8efca3..8f5ff87990 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/Http.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/Http.scala
@@ -94,7 +94,15 @@ class HttpExt(config: Config)(implicit system: ActorSystem) extends akka.actor.E
       }
 
     bind(interface, port, settings, httpsContext, log)
-      .mapAsyncUnordered(settings.maxConnections)(handleOneConnection)
+      .mapAsyncUnordered(settings.maxConnections) { connection ⇒
+        handleOneConnection(connection).recoverWith {
+          // Ignore incoming errors from the connection as they will cancel the binding.
+          // As far as it is known currently, these errors can only happen if a TCP error bubbles up
+          // from the TCP layer through the HTTP layer to the Http.IncomingConnection.flow.
+          // See https://github.com/akka/akka/issues/17992
+          case NonFatal(_) ⇒ Future.successful(())
+        }(fm.executionContext)
+      }
       .to(Sink.ignore)
       .run()
   }
diff --git a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/HttpMessage.scala b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/HttpMessage.scala
index cfb50fb29d..0320bdd32b 100644
--- a/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/HttpMessage.scala
+++ b/akka-http-core/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/model/HttpMessage.scala
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ final case class HttpRequest(method: HttpMethod = HttpMethods.GET,
                              entity: RequestEntity = HttpEntity.Empty,
                              protocol: HttpProtocol = HttpProtocols.`HTTP/1.1`) extends jm.HttpRequest with HttpMessage {
   HttpRequest.verifyUri(uri)
-  require(entity.isKnownEmpty || method.isEntityAccepted, "Requests with this method must have an empty entity")
+  require(entity.isKnownEmpty || method.isEntityAccepted, s"Requests with method '${method.value}' must have an empty entity")
   require(protocol != HttpProtocols.`HTTP/1.0` || !entity.isInstanceOf[HttpEntity.Chunked],
     "HTTP/1.0 requests must not have a chunked entity")