diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/ConnectionHandle.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/ConnectionHandle.java
index 4223dfed1a..2343aef442 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/ConnectionHandle.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/ConnectionHandle.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2005 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ import java.sql.Connection;
 
 /**
  * Simple interface to be implemented by handles for a JDBC Connection.
- * Used by JdoDialect, for example.
+ * Used by JpaDialect and JdoDialect, for example.
  *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @since 1.1
  * @see SimpleConnectionHandle
  * @see ConnectionHolder
+ * @see org.springframework.orm.jdo.JpaDialect#getJdbcConnection
  * @see org.springframework.orm.jdo.JdoDialect#getJdbcConnection
  */
 public interface ConnectionHandle {
diff --git a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/vendor/HibernateJpaDialect.java b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/vendor/HibernateJpaDialect.java
index 83a5d18342..ff114fe26b 100644
--- a/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/vendor/HibernateJpaDialect.java
+++ b/spring-orm/src/main/java/org/springframework/orm/jpa/vendor/HibernateJpaDialect.java
@@ -340,14 +340,14 @@ public class HibernateJpaDialect extends DefaultJpaDialect {
 
 	private static class HibernateConnectionHandle implements ConnectionHandle {
 
-		private final Session session;
-
 		// This will find a corresponding method on Hibernate 3.x but not on 4.x
 		private static final Method sessionConnectionMethod =
 				ClassUtils.getMethodIfAvailable(Session.class, "connection");
 
 		private static volatile Method connectionMethodToUse = sessionConnectionMethod;
 
+		private final Session session;
+
 		public HibernateConnectionHandle(Session session) {
 			this.session = session;
 		}
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ public class HibernateJpaDialect extends DefaultJpaDialect {
 		public static Connection doGetConnection(Session session) {
 			try {
 				if (connectionMethodToUse == null) {
-					// Reflective lookup trying to find SessionImpl's connection() on Hibernate 4.x
+					// Reflective lookup to find SessionImpl's connection() method on Hibernate 4.x
 					connectionMethodToUse = session.getClass().getMethod("connection");
 				}
 				return (Connection) ReflectionUtils.invokeMethod(connectionMethodToUse, session);