diff --git a/akka-core/src/main/scala/actor/Actor.scala b/akka-core/src/main/scala/actor/Actor.scala
index 321095d84c..756905680e 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/main/scala/actor/Actor.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/main/scala/actor/Actor.scala
@@ -230,18 +230,23 @@ object Actor extends Logging {
     }
   }
   
-  /** Starts the specified actor and returns it, useful for:
-   *  <pre>val actor = new FooActor
+  /** 
+   * Starts the specified actor and returns it, useful for simplifying code such as:
+   * <pre>
+   *  val actor = new FooActor
    *  actor.start
-   *  //Gets replaced by
+   * </pre>
+   * can be replaced with:
+   * <pre>
+   *  import Actor._
+   *
    *  val actor = start(new FooActor)
-   *  </pre>
+   * </pre>
    */
   def start[T <: Actor](actor : T) : T = {
     actor.start
     actor
   }
-  
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/akka-core/src/main/scala/stm/TransactionalState.scala b/akka-core/src/main/scala/stm/TransactionalState.scala
index f870af75e6..67f0615458 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/main/scala/stm/TransactionalState.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/main/scala/stm/TransactionalState.scala
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class TransactionalRef[T](initialOpt: Option[T] = None) extends Transactional {
    * Necessary to keep from being implicitly converted to Iterable in for comprehensions.
    */
   def withFilter(p: T => Boolean): WithFilter = new WithFilter(p)
-	
+        
   class WithFilter(p: T => Boolean) {
     def map[B](f: T => B): TransactionalRef[B] = self filter p map f
     def flatMap[B](f: T => TransactionalRef[B]): TransactionalRef[B] = self filter p flatMap f
diff --git a/akka-core/src/test/scala/TransactionalRefSpec.scala b/akka-core/src/test/scala/TransactionalRefSpec.scala
index 897e9583e0..14a0a8f186 100644
--- a/akka-core/src/test/scala/TransactionalRefSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-core/src/test/scala/TransactionalRefSpec.scala
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ class TransactionalRefSpec extends Spec with ShouldMatchers {
       var result = 0      
 
       atomic {
-	for (value <- ref) {
-	  result += value
-	}
+        for (value <- ref) {
+          result += value
+        }
       }
 
       result should be(3)