diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/SourceExtractor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/SourceExtractor.java
index 0b9f50eb..5c0827e6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/SourceExtractor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/SourceExtractor.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.ws.client.core;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import javax.xml.transform.Source;
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
 
 /**
  * Callback interface for extracting a result object from a {@link javax.xml.transform.Source} instance.
@@ -43,6 +44,6 @@ public interface SourceExtractor {
      *         latter case)
      * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
      */
-    Object extractData(Source source) throws IOException;
+    Object extractData(Source source) throws IOException, TransformerException;
 
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceMessageCallback.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceMessageCallback.java
index dbf06ec3..b9d985c5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceMessageCallback.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceMessageCallback.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.ws.client.core;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
 
 import org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessage;
 
@@ -34,8 +35,9 @@ public interface WebServiceMessageCallback {
      * Execute any number of operations on the supplied <code>message</code>.
      *
      * @param message the message
-     * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
+     * @throws IOException          in case of I/O errors
+     * @throws TransformerException in case of transformation errors
      */
-    void doWithMessage(WebServiceMessage message) throws IOException;
+    void doWithMessage(WebServiceMessage message) throws IOException, TransformerException;
 
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceMessageExtractor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceMessageExtractor.java
index bf297970..319523a6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceMessageExtractor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceMessageExtractor.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.ws.client.core;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
 
 import org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessage;
 
@@ -41,8 +42,9 @@ public interface WebServiceMessageExtractor {
      * @param message the message to extract data from (possibly a <code>SoapMessage</code>)
      * @return an arbitrary result object, or <code>null</code> if none (the extractor will typically be stateful in the
      *         latter case)
-     * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
+     * @throws IOException          in case of I/O errors
+     * @throws TransformerException in case of transformation errors
      */
-    Object extractData(WebServiceMessage message) throws IOException;
+    Object extractData(WebServiceMessage message) throws IOException, TransformerException;
 
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceOperations.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceOperations.java
index ae844b21..74ba9ecd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceOperations.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceOperations.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public interface WebServiceOperations {
      * <p/>
      * The given callback allows changing of the request message after the payload has been written to it.
      * <p/>
-     * This will only work with a default specified!
+     * This will only work with a default uri specified!
      *
      * @param requestPayload    the payload of the request message
      * @param requestCallback   callback to change message, can be <code>null</code>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public interface WebServiceOperations {
      * Sends a web service message that contains the given payload. Writes the response, if any, to the given
      * <code>Result</code>.
      * <p/>
-     * This will only work with a default specified!
+     * This will only work with a default uri specified!
      *
      * @param requestPayload the payload of the request message
      * @param responseResult the result to write the response payload to
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public interface WebServiceOperations {
      * <p/>
      * The given callback allows changing of the request message after the payload has been written to it.
      * <p/>
-     * This will only work with a default specified!
+     * This will only work with a default uri specified!
      *
      * @param requestPayload  the payload of the request message
      * @param requestCallback callback to change message, can be <code>null</code>
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public interface WebServiceOperations {
      * Sends a web service message that can be manipulated with the given callback, reading the result with a
      * <code>WebServiceMessageExtractor</code>.
      * <p/>
-     * This will only work with a default specified!
+     * This will only work with a default uri specified!
      *
      * @param requestCallback   the requestCallback to be used for manipulating the request message
      * @param responseExtractor object that will extract results
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public interface WebServiceOperations {
      * Sends a web service message that can be manipulated with the given callback, reading the result with a
      * <code>WebServiceMessageExtractor</code>.
      * <p/>
-     * This will only work with a default specified!
+     * This will only work with a default uri specified!
      *
      * @param requestCallback  the callback to be used for manipulating the request message
      * @param responseCallback the callback to be used for manipulating the response message
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/support/WebServiceAccessor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/support/WebServiceAccessor.java
index 3b8faf4c..de49e086 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/support/WebServiceAccessor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/client/support/WebServiceAccessor.java
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ public abstract class WebServiceAccessor extends TransformerObjectSupport implem
         WebServiceMessageSender[] messageSenders = getMessageSenders();
         for (int i = 0; i < messageSenders.length; i++) {
             if (messageSenders[i].supports(uri)) {
+                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                    logger.debug("Opening connection to [" + uri + "] using [" + messageSenders[i] + "]");
+                }
                 return messageSenders[i].createConnection(uri);
             }
         }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/AbstractHttpSenderConnection.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/AbstractHttpSenderConnection.java
index 58e988b1..bb783155 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/AbstractHttpSenderConnection.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/AbstractHttpSenderConnection.java
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractHttpSenderConnection extends AbstractSenderConnect
         return getResponseCode() / 100 != 2;
     }
 
+    public final String getErrorMessage() throws IOException {
+        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(getResponseMessage());
+        buffer.append(" [");
+        buffer.append(getResponseCode());
+        buffer.append(']');
+        return buffer.toString();
+    }
+
     /*
      * Receiving response
      */
@@ -83,6 +91,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractHttpSenderConnection extends AbstractSenderConnect
     /** Returns the HTTP status code of the response. */
     protected abstract int getResponseCode() throws IOException;
 
+    /** Returns the HTTP status message of the response. */
+    protected abstract String getResponseMessage() throws IOException;
+
     /** Returns the length of the response. */
     protected abstract long getResponseContentLength() throws IOException;
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/CommonsHttpConnection.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/CommonsHttpConnection.java
index 2b532045..f9b08741 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/CommonsHttpConnection.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/CommonsHttpConnection.java
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ public class CommonsHttpConnection extends AbstractHttpSenderConnection {
         return postMethod;
     }
 
-    public String getErrorMessage() throws IOException {
-        return postMethod.getStatusText();
-    }
-
     public void close() throws IOException {
         postMethod.releaseConnection();
     }
@@ -94,6 +90,10 @@ public class CommonsHttpConnection extends AbstractHttpSenderConnection {
         return postMethod.getStatusCode();
     }
 
+    protected String getResponseMessage() throws IOException {
+        return postMethod.getStatusText();
+    }
+
     protected long getResponseContentLength() throws IOException {
         return postMethod.getResponseContentLength();
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpUrlConnection.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpUrlConnection.java
index 83e2e238..56b0f172 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpUrlConnection.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/HttpUrlConnection.java
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ public class HttpUrlConnection extends AbstractHttpSenderConnection {
         connection.disconnect();
     }
 
-    public String getErrorMessage() throws IOException {
-        return connection.getResponseMessage();
-    }
-
     /*
      * Sending request
      */
@@ -116,6 +112,10 @@ public class HttpUrlConnection extends AbstractHttpSenderConnection {
         return connection.getResponseCode();
     }
 
+    protected String getResponseMessage() throws IOException {
+        return connection.getResponseMessage();
+    }
+
     protected InputStream getRawResponseInputStream() throws IOException {
         if (connection.getResponseCode() / 100 != 2) {
             return connection.getErrorStream();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceTemplateTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceTemplateTest.java
index cc7e9fc7..1a0251f6 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceTemplateTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/client/core/WebServiceTemplateTest.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public class WebServiceTemplateTest extends XMLTestCase {
         connectionControl.expectAndReturn(connectionMock.hasError(), true);
         connectionControl.expectAndReturn(connectionMock.hasFault(), false);
         String errorMessage = "errorMessage";
-        connectionControl.expectAndReturn(connectionMock.getErrorMessage(), errorMessage, 2);
+        connectionControl.expectAndReturn(connectionMock.getErrorMessage(), errorMessage);
         connectionMock.close();
         connectionControl.replay();