diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/dispatch/DispatchersSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/dispatch/DispatchersSpec.scala
index 4ced9cd03c..62dc857b27 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/dispatch/DispatchersSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/dispatch/DispatchersSpec.scala
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ package akka.actor.dispatch
 
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters.mapAsJavaMapConverter
 import scala.reflect.ClassTag
-
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-
 import akka.ConfigurationException
 import akka.actor.{ Actor, ActorRef, Props }
 import akka.dispatch.{ BalancingDispatcher, Dispatcher, Dispatchers, MessageDispatcher, PinnedDispatcher }
 import akka.testkit.{ AkkaSpec, ImplicitSender }
+import akka.routing.FromConfig
+import akka.actor.Identify
+import akka.actor.ActorIdentity
 
 object DispatchersSpec {
   val config = """
@@ -37,7 +38,12 @@ object DispatchersSpec {
       /echo2 {
         dispatcher = myapp.mydispatcher
       }
-     }
+      /pool1 {
+        router = random-pool
+        nr-of-instances = 3
+        pool-dispatcher.type = BalancingDispatcher
+      }
+    }
     """
 
   class ThreadNameEcho extends Actor {
@@ -173,6 +179,17 @@ class DispatchersSpec extends AkkaSpec(DispatchersSpec.config) with ImplicitSend
         system.actorOf(Props[ThreadNameEcho].withDispatcher("myapp.my-pinned-dispatcher"), name = "echo2"))
     }
 
+    "use pool-dispatcher router of deployment config" in {
+      val pool = system.actorOf(FromConfig.props(Props[ThreadNameEcho]), name = "pool1")
+      pool ! Identify(None)
+      val routee = expectMsgType[ActorIdentity].ref.get
+      routee ! "what's the name?"
+      val Expected = """(DispatchersSpec-akka\.actor\.deployment\./pool1\.pool-dispatcher-[1-9][0-9]*)""".r
+      expectMsgPF(remaining) {
+        case Expected(x) ⇒
+      }
+    }
+
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec.scala
index 80b4ad64be..4e9a240aa9 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/routing/ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ object ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec {
           /config {
             router = random-pool
             nr-of-instances = 4
+            pool-dispatcher {
+              type = BalancingDispatcher
+            }
           }
           /paths {
             router = random-group
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ class ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec.con
 
     "be overridable in config" in {
       val actor = system.actorOf(RoundRobinPool(12).props(routeeProps = Props[EchoProps]), "config")
-      routerConfig(actor) must be === RandomPool(4)
+      routerConfig(actor) must be === RandomPool(nrOfInstances = 4, usePoolDispatcher = true)
       Await.result(gracefulStop(actor, 3 seconds), 3 seconds)
     }
 
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ class ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfiguredLocalRoutingSpec.con
     "be overridable in config even with explicit deployment" in {
       val actor = system.actorOf(FromConfig.props(routeeProps = Props[EchoProps]).
         withDeploy(Deploy(routerConfig = RoundRobinPool(12))), "config")
-      routerConfig(actor) must be === RandomPool(4)
+      routerConfig(actor) must be === RandomPool(nrOfInstances = 4, usePoolDispatcher = true)
       Await.result(gracefulStop(actor, 3 seconds), 3 seconds)
     }
 
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/akka-actor/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 43ab67a4b4..b90149e36e 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -173,6 +173,14 @@ akka {
           # precedence over nr-of-instances
           paths = []
         }
+        
+        # To use a dedicated dispatcher for the routees of the pool you can
+        # define the dispatcher configuration inline with the property name 
+        # 'pool-dispatcher' in the deployment section of the router.
+        # For example:
+        # pool-dispatcher {
+        #   type = BalancingDispatcher
+        # }
 
         # Routers with dynamically resizable number of routees; this feature is
         # enabled by including (parts of) this section in the deployment
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Broadcast.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Broadcast.scala
index ff723c585c..bae2a05faa 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Broadcast.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Broadcast.scala
@@ -60,13 +60,15 @@ final class BroadcastRoutingLogic extends RoutingLogic {
 final case class BroadcastPool(
   override val nrOfInstances: Int, override val resizer: Option[Resizer] = None,
   override val supervisorStrategy: SupervisorStrategy = Pool.defaultSupervisorStrategy,
-  override val routerDispatcher: String = Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId)
+  override val routerDispatcher: String = Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId,
+  override val usePoolDispatcher: Boolean = false)
   extends Pool with PoolOverrideUnsetConfig[BroadcastPool] {
 
   def this(config: Config) =
     this(
       nrOfInstances = config.getInt("nr-of-instances"),
-      resizer = DefaultResizer.fromConfig(config))
+      resizer = DefaultResizer.fromConfig(config),
+      usePoolDispatcher = config.hasPath("pool-dispatcher"))
 
   /**
    * Java API
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ConsistentHashing.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ConsistentHashing.scala
index 6ed724ad4f..298383a79c 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ConsistentHashing.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ConsistentHashing.scala
@@ -276,13 +276,15 @@ final case class ConsistentHashingPool(
   val virtualNodesFactor: Int = 0,
   val hashMapping: ConsistentHashingRouter.ConsistentHashMapping = ConsistentHashingRouter.emptyConsistentHashMapping,
   override val supervisorStrategy: SupervisorStrategy = Pool.defaultSupervisorStrategy,
-  override val routerDispatcher: String = Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId)
+  override val routerDispatcher: String = Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId,
+  override val usePoolDispatcher: Boolean = false)
   extends Pool with PoolOverrideUnsetConfig[ConsistentHashingPool] {
 
   def this(config: Config) =
     this(
       nrOfInstances = config.getInt("nr-of-instances"),
-      resizer = DefaultResizer.fromConfig(config))
+      resizer = DefaultResizer.fromConfig(config),
+      usePoolDispatcher = config.hasPath("pool-dispatcher"))
 
   /**
    * Java API
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Random.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Random.scala
index eb0e64f380..9dc339d6e1 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Random.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Random.scala
@@ -61,13 +61,15 @@ final class RandomRoutingLogic extends RoutingLogic {
 final case class RandomPool(
   override val nrOfInstances: Int, override val resizer: Option[Resizer] = None,
   override val supervisorStrategy: SupervisorStrategy = Pool.defaultSupervisorStrategy,
-  override val routerDispatcher: String = Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId)
+  override val routerDispatcher: String = Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId,
+  override val usePoolDispatcher: Boolean = false)
   extends Pool with PoolOverrideUnsetConfig[RandomPool] {
 
   def this(config: Config) =
     this(
       nrOfInstances = config.getInt("nr-of-instances"),
-      resizer = DefaultResizer.fromConfig(config))
+      resizer = DefaultResizer.fromConfig(config),
+      usePoolDispatcher = config.hasPath("pool-dispatcher"))
 
   /**
    * Java API
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/RoundRobin.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/RoundRobin.scala
index ceaadc701b..5dd1846f43 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/RoundRobin.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/RoundRobin.scala
@@ -66,12 +66,14 @@ final class RoundRobinRoutingLogic extends RoutingLogic {
 final case class RoundRobinPool(
   override val nrOfInstances: Int, override val resizer: Option[Resizer] = None,
   override val supervisorStrategy: SupervisorStrategy = Pool.defaultSupervisorStrategy,
-  override val routerDispatcher: String = Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId)
+  override val routerDispatcher: String = Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId,
+  override val usePoolDispatcher: Boolean = false)
   extends Pool with PoolOverrideUnsetConfig[RoundRobinPool] {
 
   def this(config: Config) =
     this(nrOfInstances = config.getInt("nr-of-instances"),
-      resizer = DefaultResizer.fromConfig(config))
+      resizer = DefaultResizer.fromConfig(config),
+      usePoolDispatcher = config.hasPath("pool-dispatcher"))
 
   /**
    * Java API
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/RouterConfig.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/RouterConfig.scala
index 56446c35cd..cc28349a42 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/RouterConfig.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/RouterConfig.scala
@@ -181,11 +181,28 @@ trait Pool extends RouterConfig {
    */
   def nrOfInstances: Int
 
+  /**
+   * Use a dedicated dispatcher for the routees of the pool.
+   * The dispatcher is defined in 'pool-dispatcher' configuration property in the
+   * deployment section of the router.
+   */
+  def usePoolDispatcher: Boolean = false
+
   /**
    * INTERNAL API
    */
   private[akka] def newRoutee(routeeProps: Props, context: ActorContext): Routee =
-    ActorRefRoutee(context.actorOf(routeeProps))
+    ActorRefRoutee(context.actorOf(enrichWithPoolDispatcher(routeeProps, context)))
+
+  /**
+   * INTERNAL API
+   */
+  private[akka] def enrichWithPoolDispatcher(routeeProps: Props, context: ActorContext): Props =
+    if (usePoolDispatcher && routeeProps.dispatcher == Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId)
+      routeeProps.withDispatcher("akka.actor.deployment." + context.self.path.elements.drop(1).mkString("/", "/", "")
+        + ".pool-dispatcher")
+    else
+      routeeProps
 
   /**
    * Pool with dynamically resizable number of routees return the [[akka.routing.Resizer]]
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ScatterGatherFirstCompleted.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ScatterGatherFirstCompleted.scala
index 8db5b0a76e..e4bfd89c36 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ScatterGatherFirstCompleted.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/ScatterGatherFirstCompleted.scala
@@ -95,14 +95,16 @@ final case class ScatterGatherFirstCompletedPool(
   override val nrOfInstances: Int, override val resizer: Option[Resizer] = None,
   within: FiniteDuration,
   override val supervisorStrategy: SupervisorStrategy = Pool.defaultSupervisorStrategy,
-  override val routerDispatcher: String = Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId)
+  override val routerDispatcher: String = Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId,
+  override val usePoolDispatcher: Boolean = false)
   extends Pool with PoolOverrideUnsetConfig[ScatterGatherFirstCompletedPool] {
 
   def this(config: Config) =
     this(
       nrOfInstances = config.getInt("nr-of-instances"),
       within = Duration(config.getMilliseconds("within"), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS),
-      resizer = DefaultResizer.fromConfig(config))
+      resizer = DefaultResizer.fromConfig(config),
+      usePoolDispatcher = config.hasPath("pool-dispatcher"))
 
   /**
    * Java API
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/SmallestMailbox.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/SmallestMailbox.scala
index 45d8a9bb41..28547c2bac 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/SmallestMailbox.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/SmallestMailbox.scala
@@ -176,13 +176,15 @@ class SmallestMailboxRoutingLogic extends RoutingLogic {
 final case class SmallestMailboxPool(
   override val nrOfInstances: Int, override val resizer: Option[Resizer] = None,
   override val supervisorStrategy: SupervisorStrategy = Pool.defaultSupervisorStrategy,
-  override val routerDispatcher: String = Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId)
+  override val routerDispatcher: String = Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId,
+  override val usePoolDispatcher: Boolean = false)
   extends Pool with PoolOverrideUnsetConfig[SmallestMailboxPool] {
 
   def this(config: Config) =
     this(
       nrOfInstances = config.getInt("nr-of-instances"),
-      resizer = DefaultResizer.fromConfig(config))
+      resizer = DefaultResizer.fromConfig(config),
+      usePoolDispatcher = config.hasPath("pool-dispatcher"))
 
   /**
    * Java API
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/routing/AdaptiveLoadBalancing.scala b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/routing/AdaptiveLoadBalancing.scala
index a4fafe3a7f..289100008d 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/routing/AdaptiveLoadBalancing.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/routing/AdaptiveLoadBalancing.scala
@@ -130,12 +130,14 @@ final case class AdaptiveLoadBalancingPool(
   metricsSelector: MetricsSelector = MixMetricsSelector,
   override val nrOfInstances: Int = 0,
   override val supervisorStrategy: SupervisorStrategy = Pool.defaultSupervisorStrategy,
-  override val routerDispatcher: String = Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId)
+  override val routerDispatcher: String = Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId,
+  override val usePoolDispatcher: Boolean = false)
   extends Pool {
 
   def this(config: Config, dynamicAccess: DynamicAccess) =
     this(nrOfInstances = config.getInt("nr-of-instances"),
-      metricsSelector = MetricsSelector.fromConfig(config, dynamicAccess))
+      metricsSelector = MetricsSelector.fromConfig(config, dynamicAccess),
+      usePoolDispatcher = config.hasPath("pool-dispatcher"))
 
   /**
    * Java API
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterRouterConfig.scala b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterRouterConfig.scala
index cc30d1a6f7..b20032f2c9 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterRouterConfig.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/routing/ClusterRouterConfig.scala
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ final case class ClusterRouterPool(local: Pool, settings: ClusterRouterPoolSetti
    */
   override private[akka] def newRoutee(routeeProps: Props, context: ActorContext): Routee = {
     val name = "c" + childNameCounter.incrementAndGet
-    val ref = context.asInstanceOf[ActorCell].attachChild(routeeProps, name, systemService = false)
+    val ref = context.asInstanceOf[ActorCell].attachChild(
+      local.enrichWithPoolDispatcher(routeeProps, context), name, systemService = false)
     ActorRefRoutee(ref)
   }
 
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/jrouting/ConsistentHashingRouterDocTest.java b/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/jrouting/ConsistentHashingRouterDocTest.java
index 2d14959ee4..935e86b29a 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/jrouting/ConsistentHashingRouterDocTest.java
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/jrouting/ConsistentHashingRouterDocTest.java
@@ -4,22 +4,27 @@
 package docs.jrouting;
 
 import akka.testkit.AkkaJUnitActorSystemResource;
+
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+
 import akka.testkit.JavaTestKit;
 import akka.actor.ActorSystem;
 
 //#imports1
 import akka.actor.UntypedActor;
 import akka.routing.ConsistentHashingRouter.ConsistentHashable;
+
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 //#imports1
 
+
 //#imports2
 import akka.actor.Props;
 import akka.actor.ActorRef;
+import akka.routing.ConsistentHashingPool;
 import akka.routing.ConsistentHashingRouter;
 import akka.routing.ConsistentHashingRouter.ConsistentHashMapper;
 import akka.routing.ConsistentHashingRouter.ConsistentHashableEnvelope;
@@ -120,7 +125,7 @@ public class ConsistentHashingRouterDocTest {
       };
 
       ActorRef cache = system.actorOf(
-          new ConsistentHashingRouter(10).withHashMapper(hashMapper).props(
+          new ConsistentHashingPool(10).withHashMapper(hashMapper).props(
               Props.create(Cache.class)), 
         "cache");
 
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/jrouting/RouterDocTest.java b/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/jrouting/RouterDocTest.java
index 857b4f1d2e..6d85759cb6 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/jrouting/RouterDocTest.java
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/jrouting/RouterDocTest.java
@@ -317,12 +317,11 @@ public class RouterDocTest {
   public void demonstrateDispatcher() {
     //#dispatchers
     Props props = 
-      // “head” will run on "router-dispatcher" dispatcher
-      new RoundRobinPool(5).withDispatcher("router-dispatcher").props(
-        Props.create(Worker.class))
-        // Worker routees will run on "workers-dispatcher" dispatcher
-        .withDispatcher("workers-dispatcher");
-    ActorRef router = system.actorOf(props);
+      // “head” router actor will run on "router-dispatcher" dispatcher
+      // Worker routees will run on "pool-dispatcher" dispatcher  
+      new RandomPool(5).withDispatcher("router-dispatcher").props(
+        Props.create(Worker.class));
+    ActorRef router = system.actorOf(props, "poolWithDispatcher");
     //#dispatchers
   }
   
@@ -390,8 +389,8 @@ public class RouterDocTest {
   public void demonstrateRemoteDeploy() {
     //#remoteRoutees
     Address[] addresses = {
-      new Address("akka", "remotesys", "otherhost", 1234),
-      AddressFromURIString.parse("akka://othersys@anotherhost:1234")};
+      new Address("akka.tcp", "remotesys", "otherhost", 1234),
+      AddressFromURIString.parse("akka.tcp://othersys@anotherhost:1234")};
     ActorRef routerRemote = system.actorOf(
       new RemoteRouterConfig(new RoundRobinPool(5), addresses).props(
         Props.create(Echo.class)));
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/java/io-tcp.rst b/akka-docs/rst/java/io-tcp.rst
index bc271c777a..b1e49bdf3a 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/java/io-tcp.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/java/io-tcp.rst
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Once a connection has been established data can be sent to it from any actor in
 
 Tcp.Write
   The simplest ``WriteCommand`` implementation which wraps a ``ByteString`` instance and an "ack" event.
-  A ``ByteString`` (as explained in :ref:`this section <ByteString>`) models one or more chunks of immutable
+  A ``ByteString`` (as explained in :ref:`this section <bytestring_java>`) models one or more chunks of immutable
   in-memory data with a maximum (total) size of 2 GB (2^31 bytes).
 
 Tcp.WriteFile
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/java/io.rst b/akka-docs/rst/java/io.rst
index 1cbb9fbe9d..40efd3810b 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/java/io.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/java/io.rst
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ nacked messages it may need to keep a buffer of pending messages.
   the I/O driver has successfully processed the write. The Ack/Nack protocol described here is a means of flow control
   not error handling. In other words, data may still be lost, even if every write is acknowledged.
 
-.. _ByteString:
+.. _bytestring_java:
 
 ByteString
 ^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/java/routing.rst b/akka-docs/rst/java/routing.rst
index 928595bda0..54ebc7faf6 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/java/routing.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/java/routing.rst
@@ -627,16 +627,25 @@ The deployment section of the configuration is passed to the constructor.
 Configuring Dispatchers
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-The dispatcher for created children of the router will be taken from
-``Props`` as described in :ref:`dispatchers-java`. For a pool it
+The dispatcher for created children of the pool will be taken from
+``Props`` as described in :ref:`dispatchers-scala`. For a pool it
 makes sense to configure the ``BalancingDispatcher`` if the precise
 routing is not so important (i.e. no consistent hashing or round-robin is
 required); this enables newly created routees to pick up work immediately by
 stealing it from their siblings.
 
+To make it easy to define the dispatcher of the routees of the pool you can
+define the dispatcher inline in the deployment section of the config.
+
+.. includecode:: ../scala/code/docs/routing/RouterDocSpec.scala#config-pool-dispatcher
+
+That is the only thing you need to do enable a dedicated dispatcher for a
+pool.
+
+
 .. note::
 
-   If you provide a collection of actors to route to, then they will still use the same dispatcher
+   If you use a group of actors and route to their paths, then they will still use the same dispatcher
    that was configured for them in their ``Props``, it is not possible to change an actors dispatcher
    after it has been created.
 
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/routing/RouterDocSpec.scala b/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/routing/RouterDocSpec.scala
index df4a6fb138..be4dce4799 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/routing/RouterDocSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/routing/RouterDocSpec.scala
@@ -140,8 +140,19 @@ akka.actor.deployment {
 }
 #//#config-resize-pool
 
+#//#config-pool-dispatcher
+akka.actor.deployment {
+  /poolWithDispatcher {
+    router = random-pool
+    nr-of-instances = 5
+    pool-dispatcher {
+      type = BalancingDispatcher
+    }
+  }
+}
+#//#config-pool-dispatcher
+    
 router-dispatcher {}
-workers-dispatcher {}
 """
 
   case class Work(payload: String)
@@ -351,10 +362,10 @@ class RouterDocSpec extends AkkaSpec(RouterDocSpec.config) with ImplicitSender {
   "demonstrate dispatcher" in {
     //#dispatchers
     val router: ActorRef = system.actorOf(
-      // “head” will run on "router-dispatcher" dispatcher
-      RoundRobinPool(5, routerDispatcher = "router-dispatcher").props(Props[Worker])
-        // Worker routees will run on "workers-dispatcher" dispatcher
-        .withDispatcher("workers-dispatcher"))
+      // “head” router actor will run on "router-dispatcher" dispatcher
+      // Worker routees will run on "pool-dispatcher" dispatcher  
+      RandomPool(5, routerDispatcher = "router-dispatcher").props(Props[Worker]),
+      name = "poolWithDispatcher")
     //#dispatchers
   }
 
@@ -410,8 +421,8 @@ class RouterDocSpec extends AkkaSpec(RouterDocSpec.config) with ImplicitSender {
     import akka.actor.{ Address, AddressFromURIString }
     import akka.remote.routing.RemoteRouterConfig
     val addresses = Seq(
-      Address("akka", "remotesys", "otherhost", 1234),
-      AddressFromURIString("akka://othersys@anotherhost:1234"))
+      Address("akka.tcp", "remotesys", "otherhost", 1234),
+      AddressFromURIString("akka.tcp://othersys@anotherhost:1234"))
     val routerRemote = system.actorOf(
       RemoteRouterConfig(RoundRobinPool(5), addresses).props(Props[Echo]))
     //#remoteRoutees
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/io-tcp.rst b/akka-docs/rst/scala/io-tcp.rst
index c898dfb129..1508785e86 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/io-tcp.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/io-tcp.rst
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Once a connection has been established data can be sent to it from any actor in
 
 Tcp.Write
   The simplest ``WriteCommand`` implementation which wraps a ``ByteString`` instance and an "ack" event.
-  A ``ByteString`` (as explained in :ref:`this section <ByteString>`) models one or more chunks of immutable
+  A ``ByteString`` (as explained in :ref:`this section <bytestring_scala>`) models one or more chunks of immutable
   in-memory data with a maximum (total) size of 2 GB (2^31 bytes).
 
 Tcp.WriteFile
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/io.rst b/akka-docs/rst/scala/io.rst
index 88e1e64d10..60b94f3e28 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/io.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/io.rst
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ nacked messages it may need to keep a buffer of pending messages.
   the I/O driver has successfully processed the write. The Ack/Nack protocol described here is a means of flow control
   not error handling. In other words, data may still be lost, even if every write is acknowledged.
 
-.. _ByteString:
+.. _bytestring_scala:
 
 ByteString
 ^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/routing.rst b/akka-docs/rst/scala/routing.rst
index 451a7ff45e..83e02ff79e 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/routing.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/routing.rst
@@ -626,16 +626,24 @@ The deployment section of the configuration is passed to the constructor.
 Configuring Dispatchers
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-The dispatcher for created children of the router will be taken from
+The dispatcher for created children of the pool will be taken from
 ``Props`` as described in :ref:`dispatchers-scala`. For a pool it
 makes sense to configure the ``BalancingDispatcher`` if the precise
 routing is not so important (i.e. no consistent hashing or round-robin is
 required); this enables newly created routees to pick up work immediately by
 stealing it from their siblings.
 
+To make it easy to define the dispatcher of the routees of the pool you can
+define the dispatcher inline in the deployment section of the config.
+
+.. includecode:: code/docs/routing/RouterDocSpec.scala#config-pool-dispatcher
+
+That is the only thing you need to do enable a dedicated dispatcher for a
+pool.
+
 .. note::
 
-   If you provide a collection of actors to route to, then they will still use the same dispatcher
+   If you use a group of actors and route to their paths, then they will still use the same dispatcher
    that was configured for them in their ``Props``, it is not possible to change an actors dispatcher
    after it has been created.
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/routing/RemoteRouterConfig.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/routing/RemoteRouterConfig.scala
index ed26b80951..c02692fc41 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/routing/RemoteRouterConfig.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/routing/RemoteRouterConfig.scala
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ final case class RemoteRouterConfig(local: Pool, nodes: Iterable[Address]) exten
     // attachChild means that the provider will treat this call as if possibly done out of the wrong
     // context and use RepointableActorRef instead of LocalActorRef. Seems like a slightly sub-optimal
     // choice in a corner case (and hence not worth fixing).
-    val ref = context.asInstanceOf[ActorCell].attachChild(routeeProps.withDeploy(deploy), name, systemService = false)
+    val ref = context.asInstanceOf[ActorCell].attachChild(
+      local.enrichWithPoolDispatcher(routeeProps, context).withDeploy(deploy), name, systemService = false)
     ActorRefRoutee(ref)
   }