diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java
index 403398fe6..32a798c4d 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
  * detect nested objects, lookup the original value and apply the merge recursively.
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Craig Andrews
  * @since 2.2
  */
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReaderUnitTests.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReaderUnitTests.java
index c420dbba1..02fe60b37 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReaderUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReaderUnitTests.java
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ public class DomainObjectReaderUnitTests {
 		Inner inner = new Inner();
 		inner.name = "inner name";
 		inner.prop = "something";
+
 		Outer outer = new Outer();
 		outer.prop = "else";
 		outer.name = "outer name";