diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/StepContribution.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/StepContribution.java
index b45e8f844..ca464f674 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/StepContribution.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/StepContribution.java
@@ -16,16 +16,14 @@
 package org.springframework.batch.core;
 
 /**
- * Represents a contribution to a {@link StepExecution}, buffering changes
- * until they can be applied at a chunk boundary.
+ * Represents a contribution to a {@link StepExecution}, buffering changes until
+ * they can be applied at a chunk boundary.
  * 
  * @author Dave Syer
  * 
  */
 public class StepContribution {
 
-	private volatile int itemCount = 0;
-	
 	private volatile int readCount = 0;
 
 	private volatile int writeCount = 0;
@@ -51,37 +49,23 @@ public class StepContribution {
 	 * Increment the counter for the number of items processed.
 	 */
 	public void incrementFilterCount(int count) {
-		filterCount+=count;
+		filterCount += count;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Increment the counter for the number of items processed.
-	 */
-	public void incrementItemCount() {
-		itemCount++;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Increment the counter for the number of items processed.
-	 */
-	public void incrementItemCount(int count) {
-		itemCount += count;
-	}
-	
 	/**
 	 * Increment the counter for the number of items read.
 	 */
 	public void incrementReadCount() {
 		readCount++;
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Increment the counter for the number of items read.
 	 */
 	public void incrementReadCount(int count) {
 		readCount += count;
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Increment the counter for the number of items written.
 	 */
@@ -89,15 +73,6 @@ public class StepContribution {
 		writeCount++;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Public access to the item counter.
-	 * 
-	 * @return the item counter.
-	 */
-	public int getItemCount() {
-		return itemCount;
-	}
-	
 	/**
 	 * Public access to the read counter.
 	 * 
@@ -197,8 +172,9 @@ public class StepContribution {
 	 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
 	 */
 	public String toString() {
-		return "[StepContribution: items=" + itemCount + ", filtered=" + filterCount + ", readSkips=" + readSkipCount
-				+ ", writeSkips=" + writeSkipCount + ", processSkips=" + processSkipCount + "]";
+		return "[StepContribution: read=" + readCount + ", written=" + writeCount + ", filtered=" + filterCount
+				+ ", readSkips=" + readSkipCount + ", writeSkips=" + writeSkipCount + ", processSkips="
+				+ processSkipCount + "]";
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/ChunkOrientedTasklet.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/ChunkOrientedTasklet.java
index ed38b443d..d368fdba3 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/ChunkOrientedTasklet.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/ChunkOrientedTasklet.java
@@ -202,10 +202,9 @@ public class ChunkOrientedTasklet<T, S> implements Tasklet {
 	protected void process(StepContribution contribution, Chunk<ItemWrapper<T>> inputs, Chunk<S> outputs) throws Exception {
 		int filtered = 0;
 		for (ItemWrapper<T> item : inputs) {
-			// TODO: segregate read / write / filter count
-			// (this is read count)
-			contribution.incrementItemCount();
+			
 			contribution.incrementReadCount();
+			
 			S output = doProcess(item);
 			if (output != null) {
 				outputs.add(output);
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/StepContributionTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/StepContributionTests.java
index a2161c7b3..b1bdef3c1 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/StepContributionTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/StepContributionTests.java
@@ -29,17 +29,7 @@ public class StepContributionTests extends TestCase {
 
 	/**
 	 * Test method for
-	 * {@link org.springframework.batch.core.StepContribution#incrementItemCount()}.
-	 */
-	public void testIncrementTaskCount() {
-		assertEquals(0, contribution.getItemCount());
-		contribution.incrementItemCount();
-		assertEquals(1, contribution.getItemCount());
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Test method for
-	 * {@link org.springframework.batch.core.StepContribution#incrementItemCount()}.
+	 * {@link org.springframework.batch.core.StepContribution#incrementFilterCount(int)}.
 	 */
 	public void testIncrementFilterCount() {
 		assertEquals(0, contribution.getFilterCount());
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/ChunkOrientedTaskletTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/ChunkOrientedTaskletTests.java
index 5684b89ea..e28f5c406 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/ChunkOrientedTaskletTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/ChunkOrientedTaskletTests.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class ChunkOrientedTaskletTests {
 			// expected
 		}
 		assertEquals(2, itemReader.count);
-		assertEquals(2, contribution.getItemCount());
+		assertEquals(2, contribution.getReadCount());
 		assertEquals(0, contribution.getFilterCount());
 		assertEquals("", itemWriter.values);
 	}
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ public class ChunkOrientedTaskletTests {
 				123L, new JobParameters(), "job"))));
 		handler.execute(contribution, context);
 		assertEquals(2, itemReader.count);
-		assertEquals(2, contribution.getItemCount());
 		assertEquals(2, contribution.getReadCount());
 		assertEquals(1, contribution.getFilterCount());
 		assertEquals(1, contribution.getWriteCount());
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/StatefulRetryTaskletTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/StatefulRetryTaskletTests.java
index 9123caa12..d77057519 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/StatefulRetryTaskletTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/step/item/StatefulRetryTaskletTests.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public class StatefulRetryTaskletTests {
 		catch (SkipLimitExceededException e) {
 			// expected
 		}
-		assertEquals(0, contribution.getItemCount());
+		assertEquals(0, contribution.getReadCount());
 		assertEquals(2, contribution.getReadSkipCount());
 	}
 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ public class StatefulRetryTaskletTests {
 			// expected
 		}
 		assertTrue(attributes.hasAttribute("INPUT_BUFFER_KEY"));
-		assertEquals(0, contribution.getItemCount());
+		assertEquals(0, contribution.getReadCount());
 		assertEquals(2, contribution.getProcessSkipCount());
 		// Just before the skip at the end we process once more
 		assertEquals(3, processed.size());