diff --git a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/embedded/EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder.java b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/embedded/EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder.java
index 0f26e4bc69..a4ad58b395 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/embedded/EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/embedded/EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.ResourceDatabasePopulator;
 
 /**
- * A builder that provides a fluent API for constructing an embedded database.
+ * A builder that provides a convenient API for constructing an embedded database.
  *
  * <p>Usage example:
  * <pre>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder {
 	 * Sets the name of the embedded database
 	 * Defaults to 'testdb' if not called.
 	 * @param databaseName the database name
-	 * @return this, for fluent call chaining
+	 * @return this, to facilitate method chaining
 	 */
 	public EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder setName(String databaseName) {
 		this.databaseFactory.setDatabaseName(databaseName);
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder {
 	 * Sets the type of embedded database.
 	 * Defaults to HSQL if not called.
 	 * @param databaseType the database type
-	 * @return this, for fluent call chaining
+	 * @return this, to facilitate method chaining
 	 */
 	public EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder setType(EmbeddedDatabaseType databaseType) {
 		this.databaseFactory.setDatabaseType(databaseType);
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder {
 	/**
 	 * Adds a SQL script to execute to populate the database.
 	 * @param sqlResource the sql resource location
-	 * @return this, for fluent call chaining
+	 * @return this, to facilitate method chaining
 	 */
 	public EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder addScript(String sqlResource) {
 		this.databasePopulator.addScript(this.resourceLoader.getResource(sqlResource));
@@ -95,8 +95,9 @@ public class EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder {
 
 	/**
 	 * Add default scripts to execute to populate the database.
-	 * The default scripts are <code>schema.sql</code> to create the db schema and <code>data.sql</code> to populate the db with data. 
-	 * @return this, for fluent call chaining
+	 * The default scripts are <code>schema.sql</code> to create the db schema and
+	 * <code>data.sql</code> to populate the db with data.
+	 * @return this, to facilitate method chaining
 	 */
 	public EmbeddedDatabaseBuilder addDefaultScripts() {
 		addScript("schema.sql");
diff --git a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/ResourceDatabasePopulator.java b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/ResourceDatabasePopulator.java
index e65cb24a5e..3da2b77fd7 100644
--- a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/ResourceDatabasePopulator.java
+++ b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/init/ResourceDatabasePopulator.java
@@ -42,12 +42,15 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @author Keith Donald
  * @author Dave Syer
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @author Chris Beams
  * @since 3.0
  */
 public class ResourceDatabasePopulator implements DatabasePopulator {
 
 	private static String DEFAULT_COMMENT_PREFIX = "--";
 
+	private static String DEFAULT_STATEMENT_SEPARATOR = ";";
+
 	private static final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(ResourceDatabasePopulator.class);
 
 
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ public class ResourceDatabasePopulator implements DatabasePopulator {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Specify the statement separator, if a custom one.
+	 * Specify the statement separator, if a custom one. Default is ";".
 	 */
 	public void setSeparator(String separator) {
 		this.separator = separator;
@@ -141,8 +144,8 @@ public class ResourceDatabasePopulator implements DatabasePopulator {
 
 	/**
 	 * Execute the given SQL script.
-	 * <p>The script will normally be loaded by classpath. There should be one statement per line.
-	 * Any semicolons will be removed.
+	 * <p>The script will normally be loaded by classpath. There should be one statement
+	 * per line. Any {@link #setSeparator(String) statement separators} will be removed.
 	 * <p><b>Do not use this method to execute DDL if you expect rollback.</b>
 	 * @param connection the JDBC Connection with which to perform JDBC operations
 	 * @param resource the resource (potentially associated with a specific encoding) to load the SQL script from
@@ -166,7 +169,7 @@ public class ResourceDatabasePopulator implements DatabasePopulator {
 		}
 		String delimiter = this.separator;
 		if (delimiter == null) {
-			delimiter = ";";
+			delimiter = DEFAULT_STATEMENT_SEPARATOR;
 			if (!containsSqlScriptDelimiters(script, delimiter)) {
 				delimiter = "\n";
 			}