diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/RoutingSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/RoutingSpec.scala
index 6f08ba6dcf..83d5cebac4 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/RoutingSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/RoutingSpec.scala
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class RoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout with ImplicitSender {
 
   "no router" must {
     "be started when constructed" in {
-      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props(new TestActor).withRouter(NoRouter))
+      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props[TestActor].withRouter(NoRouter))
       routedActor.isTerminated must be(false)
     }
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class RoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout with ImplicitSender {
 
   "round robin router" must {
     "be started when constructed" in {
-      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props(new TestActor).withRouter(RoundRobinRouter(nrOfInstances = 1)))
+      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props[TestActor].withRouter(RoundRobinRouter(nrOfInstances = 1)))
       routedActor.isTerminated must be(false)
     }
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class RoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout with ImplicitSender {
         actors = actors :+ actor
       }
 
-      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props(new TestActor).withRouter(RoundRobinRouter(targets = actors)))
+      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props[TestActor].withRouter(RoundRobinRouter(targets = actors)))
 
       //send messages to the actor.
       for (i ← 0 until iterationCount) {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class RoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout with ImplicitSender {
         }
       }))
 
-      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props(new TestActor).withRouter(RoundRobinRouter(targets = List(actor1, actor2))))
+      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props[TestActor].withRouter(RoundRobinRouter(targets = List(actor1, actor2))))
 
       routedActor ! Broadcast(1)
       routedActor ! Broadcast("end")
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class RoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout with ImplicitSender {
   "random router" must {
 
     "be started when constructed" in {
-      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props(new TestActor).withRouter(RandomRouter(nrOfInstances = 1)))
+      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props[TestActor].withRouter(RandomRouter(nrOfInstances = 1)))
       routedActor.isTerminated must be(false)
     }
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class RoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout with ImplicitSender {
         }
       }))
 
-      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props(new TestActor).withRouter(RandomRouter(targets = List(actor1, actor2))))
+      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props[TestActor].withRouter(RandomRouter(targets = List(actor1, actor2))))
 
       routedActor ! Broadcast(1)
       routedActor ! Broadcast("end")
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class RoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout with ImplicitSender {
 
   "broadcast router" must {
     "be started when constructed" in {
-      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props(new TestActor).withRouter(BroadcastRouter(nrOfInstances = 1)))
+      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props[TestActor].withRouter(BroadcastRouter(nrOfInstances = 1)))
       routedActor.isTerminated must be(false)
     }
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class RoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout with ImplicitSender {
         }
       }))
 
-      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props(new TestActor).withRouter(BroadcastRouter(targets = List(actor1, actor2))))
+      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props[TestActor].withRouter(BroadcastRouter(targets = List(actor1, actor2))))
       routedActor ! 1
       routedActor ! "end"
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ class RoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout with ImplicitSender {
         }
       }))
 
-      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props(new TestActor).withRouter(BroadcastRouter(targets = List(actor1, actor2))))
+      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props[TestActor].withRouter(BroadcastRouter(targets = List(actor1, actor2))))
       routedActor ? 1
       routedActor ! "end"
 
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class RoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout with ImplicitSender {
   "Scatter-gather router" must {
 
     "be started when constructed" in {
-      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props(new TestActor).withRouter(ScatterGatherFirstCompletedRouter(targets = List(newActor(0)))))
+      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props[TestActor].withRouter(ScatterGatherFirstCompletedRouter(targets = List(newActor(0)))))
       routedActor.isTerminated must be(false)
     }
 
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class RoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout with ImplicitSender {
         }
       }))
 
-      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props(new TestActor).withRouter(ScatterGatherFirstCompletedRouter(targets = List(actor1, actor2))))
+      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props[TestActor].withRouter(ScatterGatherFirstCompletedRouter(targets = List(actor1, actor2))))
       routedActor ! Broadcast(1)
       routedActor ! Broadcast("end")
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ class RoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout with ImplicitSender {
       val shutdownLatch = new TestLatch(1)
       val actor1 = newActor(1, Some(shutdownLatch))
       val actor2 = newActor(22, Some(shutdownLatch))
-      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props(new TestActor).withRouter(ScatterGatherFirstCompletedRouter(targets = List(actor1, actor2))))
+      val routedActor = system.actorOf(Props[TestActor].withRouter(ScatterGatherFirstCompletedRouter(targets = List(actor1, actor2))))
 
       routedActor ! Broadcast(Stop(Some(1)))
       shutdownLatch.await
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Props.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Props.scala
index 9824803aea..e96a5b37c9 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Props.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/Props.scala
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ import akka.dispatch._
 import akka.japi.Creator
 import akka.util._
 import collection.immutable.Stack
-import akka.routing.{ NoRouter, RouterConfig }
+import akka.routing._
 
 /**
  * Factory for Props instances.
+ *
  * Props is a ActorRef configuration object, that is thread safe and fully sharable.
+ *
  * Used when creating new actors through; <code>ActorSystem.actorOf</code> and <code>ActorContext.actorOf</code>.
  */
 object Props {
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ object Props {
   /**
    * Returns a Props that has default values except for "creator" which will be a function that creates an instance
    * of the supplied type using the default constructor.
+   *
+   * Scala API.
    */
   def apply[T <: Actor: ClassManifest]: Props =
     default.withCreator(implicitly[ClassManifest[T]].erasure.asInstanceOf[Class[_ <: Actor]].newInstance)
@@ -61,6 +65,8 @@ object Props {
   /**
    * Returns a Props that has default values except for "creator" which will be a function that creates an instance
    * using the supplied thunk.
+   *
+   * Scala API.
    */
   def apply(creator: ⇒ Actor): Props =
     default.withCreator(creator)
@@ -87,7 +93,16 @@ object Props {
  * {{{
  *  val props = Props[MyActor]
  *  val props = Props(new MyActor)
+ *  val props = Props(
+ *    creator = ..,
+ *    dispatcher = ..,
+ *    timeout = ..,
+ *    faultHandler = ..,
+ *    routerConfig = ..
+ *  )
+ *  val props = Props().withCreator(new MyActor)
  *  val props = Props[MyActor].withTimeout(timeout)
+ *  val props = Props[MyActor].withRouter(RoundRobinRouter(..))
  *  val props = Props[MyActor].withFaultHandler(OneForOneStrategy {
  *    case e: IllegalStateException ⇒ Resume
  *  })
@@ -103,19 +118,20 @@ object Props {
  *    }
  *  });
  *  Props props = new Props().withCreator(new UntypedActorFactory() { ... });
- *  Props props = new Props().withTimeout(timeout);
- *  Props props = new Props().withFaultHandler(new OneForOneStrategy(...));
+ *  Props props = new Props(MyActor.class).withTimeout(timeout);
+ *  Props props = new Props(MyActor.class).withFaultHandler(new OneForOneStrategy(...));
+ *  Props props = new Props(MyActor.class).withRouter(new RoundRobinRouter(..));
  * }}}
  */
-case class Props(creator: () ⇒ Actor = Props.defaultCreator,
-                 @transient dispatcher: MessageDispatcher = Props.defaultDispatcher,
-                 timeout: Timeout = Props.defaultTimeout,
-                 faultHandler: FaultHandlingStrategy = Props.defaultFaultHandler,
-                 routerConfig: RouterConfig = Props.defaultRoutedProps) {
+case class Props(
+  creator: () ⇒ Actor = Props.defaultCreator,
+  @transient dispatcher: MessageDispatcher = Props.defaultDispatcher,
+  timeout: Timeout = Props.defaultTimeout,
+  faultHandler: FaultHandlingStrategy = Props.defaultFaultHandler,
+  routerConfig: RouterConfig = Props.defaultRoutedProps) {
 
   /**
    * No-args constructor that sets all the default values.
-   * Java API.
    */
   def this() = this(
     creator = Props.defaultCreator,
@@ -144,43 +160,42 @@ case class Props(creator: () ⇒ Actor = Props.defaultCreator,
 
   /**
    * Returns a new Props with the specified creator set.
+   *
    * Scala API.
    */
   def withCreator(c: ⇒ Actor) = copy(creator = () ⇒ c)
 
   /**
    * Returns a new Props with the specified creator set.
+   *
    * Java API.
    */
   def withCreator(c: Creator[Actor]) = copy(creator = () ⇒ c.create)
 
   /**
    * Returns a new Props with the specified creator set.
+   *
    * Java API.
    */
   def withCreator(c: Class[_ <: Actor]) = copy(creator = () ⇒ c.newInstance)
 
   /**
    * Returns a new Props with the specified dispatcher set.
-   * Java API.
    */
   def withDispatcher(d: MessageDispatcher) = copy(dispatcher = d)
 
   /**
-   * Returns a new Props with the specified timeout set
-   * Java API.
+   * Returns a new Props with the specified timeout set.
    */
   def withTimeout(t: Timeout) = copy(timeout = t)
 
   /**
    * Returns a new Props with the specified faulthandler set.
-   * Java API.
    */
   def withFaultHandler(f: FaultHandlingStrategy) = copy(faultHandler = f)
 
   /**
-   * Returns a new Props with the specified router config set
-   * Java API
+   * Returns a new Props with the specified router config set.
    */
   def withRouter(r: RouterConfig) = copy(routerConfig = r)
 }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/package.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/package.scala
index 1f2e343a33..44662856b1 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/package.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/package.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,5 @@
 package akka
 
 package object routing {
-
   type Route = PartialFunction[(akka.actor.ActorRef, Any), Iterable[Destination]]
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/akka-docs/java/code/akka/docs/actor/UntypedActorDocTestBase.java b/akka-docs/java/code/akka/docs/actor/UntypedActorDocTestBase.java
index 1093f58caf..e5fd2f9205 100644
--- a/akka-docs/java/code/akka/docs/actor/UntypedActorDocTestBase.java
+++ b/akka-docs/java/code/akka/docs/actor/UntypedActorDocTestBase.java
@@ -4,24 +4,21 @@ package akka.docs.actor;
 import akka.actor.ActorRef;
 import akka.actor.ActorSystem;
 import akka.actor.Props;
-
 //#imports
 
 //#import-future
 import akka.dispatch.Future;
 import akka.dispatch.Await;
 import akka.util.Duration;
-
+import akka.util.Timeout;
 //#import-future
 
 //#import-actors
 import static akka.actor.Actors.*;
-
 //#import-actors
 
 //#import-procedure
 import akka.japi.Procedure;
-
 //#import-procedure
 
 import akka.actor.Props;
@@ -38,6 +35,25 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 public class UntypedActorDocTestBase {
 
+  @Test
+  public void createProps() {
+    //#creating-props-config
+    Props props1 = new Props();
+    Props props2 = new Props(MyUntypedActor.class);
+    Props props3 = new Props(new UntypedActorFactory() {
+      public UntypedActor create() {
+        return new MyUntypedActor();
+      }
+    });
+    Props props4 = props1.withCreator(new UntypedActorFactory() {
+      public UntypedActor create() {
+        return new MyUntypedActor();
+      }
+    });
+    Props props5 = props4.withTimeout(new Timeout(1000));
+    //#creating-props-config
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void systemActorOf() {
     //#system-actorOf
@@ -78,8 +94,9 @@ public class UntypedActorDocTestBase {
     ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create("MySystem");
     //#creating-props
     MessageDispatcher dispatcher = system.dispatcherFactory().lookup("my-dispatcher");
-    ActorRef myActor = system.actorOf(new Props().withCreator(MyUntypedActor.class).withDispatcher(dispatcher),
-        "myactor");
+    ActorRef myActor = system.actorOf(
+      new Props().withCreator(MyUntypedActor.class).withDispatcher(dispatcher),
+      "myactor");
     //#creating-props
     myActor.tell("test");
     system.shutdown();
diff --git a/akka-docs/java/untyped-actors.rst b/akka-docs/java/untyped-actors.rst
index 8ad7a7f7b2..34a0058c76 100644
--- a/akka-docs/java/untyped-actors.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/java/untyped-actors.rst
@@ -39,6 +39,23 @@ Here is an example:
 
 .. includecode:: code/akka/docs/actor/MyUntypedActor.java#my-untyped-actor
 
+Props
+-----
+
+``Props`` is a configuration class to specify options for the creation
+of actors. Here are some examples on how to create a ``Props`` instance.
+
+.. includecode:: code/akka/docs/actor/UntypedActorDocTestBase.java#creating-props-config
+
+
+Creating Actors with Props
+--------------------------
+
+Actors are created by passing in a ``Props`` instance into the ``actorOf`` factory method.
+
+.. includecode:: code/akka/docs/actor/UntypedActorDocTestBase.java#creating-props
+
+
 Creating Actors with default constructor
 ----------------------------------------
 
@@ -76,26 +93,16 @@ add initialization code for the actor.
 Creating Actors with non-default constructor
 --------------------------------------------
 
-If your UntypedActor has a constructor that takes parameters then you can't create it using 'actorOf(clazz)'.
-Instead you can use a variant of ``actorOf`` that takes an instance of an 'UntypedActorFactory'
-in which you can create the Actor in any way you like. If you use this method then you to make sure that
-no one can get a reference to the actor instance. If they can get a reference it then they can
-touch state directly in bypass the whole actor dispatching mechanism and create race conditions
-which can lead to corrupt data.
+If your UntypedActor has a constructor that takes parameters then you can't create it using
+'actorOf(new Props(clazz))'. Then you can instead pass in 'new Props(new UntypedActorFactory() {..})'
+in which you can create the Actor in any way you like.
 
 Here is an example:
 
 .. includecode:: code/akka/docs/actor/UntypedActorDocTestBase.java#creating-constructor
 
-This way of creating the Actor is also great for integrating with Dependency Injection (DI) frameworks like Guice or Spring.
-
-Creating Actors with Props
---------------------------
-
-``Props`` is a configuration object to specify additional things for the actor to
-be created, such as the ``MessageDispatcher``.
-
-.. includecode:: code/akka/docs/actor/UntypedActorDocTestBase.java#creating-props
+This way of creating the Actor is also great for integrating with Dependency Injection
+(DI) frameworks like Guice or Spring.
 
 
 UntypedActor API
diff --git a/akka-docs/scala/actors.rst b/akka-docs/scala/actors.rst
index dcb7ed2795..1dfe7a89ec 100644
--- a/akka-docs/scala/actors.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/scala/actors.rst
@@ -95,11 +95,19 @@ Here is an example:
 .. includecode:: code/akka/docs/actor/ActorDocSpec.scala#creating-constructor
 
 
+Props
+-----
+
+``Props`` is a configuration class to specify options for the creation
+of actors. Here are some examples on how to create a ``Props`` instance.
+
+.. includecode:: code/ActorDocSpec.scala#creating-props-config
+
+
 Creating Actors with Props
 --------------------------
 
-``Props`` is a configuration object to specify additional things for the actor to
-be created, such as the ``MessageDispatcher``.
+Actors are created by passing in a ``Props`` instance into the ``actorOf`` factory method.
 
 .. includecode:: code/akka/docs/actor/ActorDocSpec.scala#creating-props
 
diff --git a/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/actor/ActorDocSpec.scala b/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/actor/ActorDocSpec.scala
index 68733d2009..cf24d6a79b 100644
--- a/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/actor/ActorDocSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/actor/ActorDocSpec.scala
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import akka.actor.ActorSystem
 import org.scalatest.{ BeforeAndAfterAll, WordSpec }
 import org.scalatest.matchers.MustMatchers
 import akka.testkit._
+import akka.util._
 import akka.util.duration._
 
 //#my-actor
@@ -187,6 +188,23 @@ class ActorDocSpec extends AkkaSpec(Map("akka.loglevel" -> "INFO")) {
     system.stop(myActor)
   }
 
+  "creating a Props config" in {
+    val dispatcher = system.dispatcherFactory.lookup("my-dispatcher")
+    //#creating-props-config
+    import akka.actor.Props
+    val props1 = Props()
+    val props2 = Props[MyActor]
+    val props3 = Props(new MyActor)
+    val props4 = Props(
+      creator = { () ⇒ new MyActor },
+      dispatcher = dispatcher,
+      timeout = Timeout(100))
+    val props5 = props1.withCreator(new MyActor)
+    val props6 = props5.withDispatcher(dispatcher)
+    val props7 = props6.withTimeout(Timeout(100))
+    //#creating-props-config
+  }
+
   "creating actor with Props" in {
     //#creating-props
     import akka.actor.Props
diff --git a/akka-tutorials/akka-tutorial-first/src/main/scala/Pi.scala b/akka-tutorials/akka-tutorial-first/src/main/scala/Pi.scala
index 0dddc16654..094fb34045 100644
--- a/akka-tutorials/akka-tutorial-first/src/main/scala/Pi.scala
+++ b/akka-tutorials/akka-tutorial-first/src/main/scala/Pi.scala
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ object Pi extends App {
     var start: Long = _
 
     //#create-router
-    val router = context.actorOf(Props(new Worker).withRouter(
-      RoundRobinRouter(nrOfInstances = nrOfWorkers)), "pi")
+    val router = context.actorOf(Props[Worker].withRouter(RoundRobinRouter(nrOfWorkers)), "pi")
     //#create-router
 
     //#master-receive