diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scheduling/CronSequenceGenerator.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scheduling/CronSequenceGenerator.java
index 1f53243cec..b173cfb807 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scheduling/CronSequenceGenerator.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scheduling/CronSequenceGenerator.java
@@ -93,14 +93,17 @@ public class CronSequenceGenerator {
 		int second = calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND);
 		int minute = calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
 		int hour = calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
-		int dayOfWeek = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
+
+		// the DAY_OF_WEEK values in java.util.Calendar start with 1 (Sunday),
+		// but in the cron pattern, they start with 0, so we subtract 1 here
+		int dayOfWeek = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK) - 1;
 		int dayOfMonth = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
 		int month = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
 
 		month = findNext(months, month, 12, calendar, Calendar.MONTH, Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY,
 				Calendar.MINUTE, Calendar.SECOND);
 		dayOfMonth = findNextDay(calendar, daysOfMonth, dayOfMonth, daysOfWeek, dayOfWeek, 366);
-		hour = findNext(hours, hour, 24, calendar, Calendar.HOUR, Calendar.MINUTE, Calendar.SECOND);
+		hour = findNext(hours, hour, 24, calendar, Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, Calendar.MINUTE, Calendar.SECOND);
 		minute = findNext(minutes, minute, 60, calendar, Calendar.MINUTE, Calendar.SECOND);
 		second = findNext(seconds, second, 60, calendar, Calendar.SECOND);
 
@@ -175,7 +178,7 @@ public class CronSequenceGenerator {
 		String[] fields = StringUtils.delimitedListToStringArray(expression, " ");
 		if (fields.length != 6) {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Expression must consist of 6 fields (found %d in %s)",
-					fields.length, fields));
+					fields.length, expression));
 		}
 		setNumberHits(seconds, fields[0], 60);
 		setNumberHits(minutes, fields[1], 60);
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scheduling/CronTrigger.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scheduling/CronTrigger.java
index 58dea9eb01..3ad1e66cc3 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scheduling/CronTrigger.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/scheduling/CronTrigger.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public class CronTrigger implements Trigger {
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a trigger for the given cron expression.
+	 * See {@link CronSequenceGenerator}.
 	 */
 	public CronTrigger(String expression) throws IllegalArgumentException {
 		this.cronSequenceGenerator = new CronSequenceGenerator(expression);