diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/RequestResultMatchers.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/RequestResultMatchers.java
index 10456759bb..f40e5209fa 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/RequestResultMatchers.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/RequestResultMatchers.java
@@ -36,23 +36,23 @@ import static org.springframework.test.util.AssertionErrors.*;
  * {@link MockMvcResultMatchers#request}.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 3.2
  */
 public class RequestResultMatchers {
 
 	/**
 	 * Protected constructor.
-	 * Use {@link MockMvcResultMatchers#request()}.
+	 * <p>Use {@link MockMvcResultMatchers#request()}.
 	 */
 	protected RequestResultMatchers() {
 	}
 
 
 	/**
-	 * Assert a request attribute value with the given Hamcrest {@link Matcher}.
-	 * Whether asynchronous processing started, usually as a result of a
+	 * Assert whether asynchronous processing started, usually as a result of a
 	 * controller method returning {@link Callable} or {@link DeferredResult}.
-	 * The test will await the completion of a {@code Callable} so that
+	 * <p>The test will await the completion of a {@code Callable} so that
 	 * {@link #asyncResult(Matcher)} can be used to assert the resulting value.
 	 * Neither a {@code Callable} nor a {@code DeferredResult} will complete
 	 * processing all the way since a {@link MockHttpServletRequest} does not
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ public class RequestResultMatchers {
 			@Override
 			public void match(MvcResult result) {
 				HttpServletRequest request = result.getRequest();
-				assertEquals("Async started", true, request.isAsyncStarted());
+				assertAsyncStarted(request);
 			}
 		};
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Assert that asynchronous processing was not start.
+	 * Assert that asynchronous processing was not started.
 	 * @see #asyncStarted()
 	 */
 	public ResultMatcher asyncNotStarted() {
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ public class RequestResultMatchers {
 
 	/**
 	 * Assert the result from asynchronous processing with the given matcher.
+	 * <p>This method can be used when a controller method returns {@link Callable}
+	 * or {@link WebAsyncTask}.
 	 */
 	public <T> ResultMatcher asyncResult(final Matcher<T> matcher) {
 		return new ResultMatcher() {
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ public class RequestResultMatchers {
 			@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 			public void match(MvcResult result) {
 				HttpServletRequest request = result.getRequest();
-				assertEquals("Async started", true, request.isAsyncStarted());
+				assertAsyncStarted(request);
 				assertThat("Async result", (T) result.getAsyncResult(), matcher);
 			}
 		};
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ public class RequestResultMatchers {
 
 	/**
 	 * Assert the result from asynchronous processing.
-	 * This method can be used when a controller method returns {@link Callable}
+	 * <p>This method can be used when a controller method returns {@link Callable}
 	 * or {@link WebAsyncTask}. The value matched is the value returned from the
 	 * {@code Callable} or the exception raised.
 	 */
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ public class RequestResultMatchers {
 			@Override
 			public void match(MvcResult result) {
 				HttpServletRequest request = result.getRequest();
-				assertEquals("Async started", true, request.isAsyncStarted());
+				assertAsyncStarted(request);
 				assertEquals("Async result", expectedResult, result.getAsyncResult());
 			}
 		};
@@ -149,21 +151,25 @@ public class RequestResultMatchers {
 			@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 			public void match(MvcResult result) {
 				T value = (T) result.getRequest().getSession().getAttribute(name);
-				assertThat("Request attribute", value, matcher);
+				assertThat("Session attribute", value, matcher);
 			}
 		};
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Assert a session attribute value..
+	 * Assert a session attribute value.
 	 */
 	public <T> ResultMatcher sessionAttribute(final String name, final Object value) {
 		return new ResultMatcher() {
 			@Override
 			public void match(MvcResult result) {
-				assertEquals("Request attribute", value, result.getRequest().getSession().getAttribute(name));
+				assertEquals("Session attribute", value, result.getRequest().getSession().getAttribute(name));
 			}
 		};
 	}
 
+	private static void assertAsyncStarted(HttpServletRequest request) {
+		assertEquals("Async started", true, request.isAsyncStarted());
+	}
+
 }