diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockHttpServletRequestBuilder.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockHttpServletRequestBuilder.java
index 5cb9e0b9e1..051d1ad0dd 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockHttpServletRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockHttpServletRequestBuilder.java
@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@ public class MockHttpServletRequestBuilder implements RequestBuilder, Mergeable
 	 * the {@code MockHttpServletRequest} can be plugged in via
 	 * {@link #with(RequestPostProcessor)}.
 	 * @param httpMethod the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc)
-	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uri the URL
 	 * @since 4.0.3
 	 */
-	MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod httpMethod, URI url) {
+	MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod httpMethod, URI uri) {
 		Assert.notNull(httpMethod, "httpMethod is required");
-		Assert.notNull(url, "url is required");
+		Assert.notNull(uri, "uri is required");
 		this.method = httpMethod;
-		this.uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUri(url).build();
+		this.uriComponents = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUri(uri).build();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder.java
index 3e92a7e082..9026c9f991 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 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.
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ public class MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder extends MockHttpServletReque
 	 * <p>For other ways to initialize a {@code MockMultipartHttpServletRequest},
 	 * see {@link #with(RequestPostProcessor)} and the
 	 * {@link RequestPostProcessor} extension point.
-	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uri the URL
 	 * @since 4.0.3
 	 */
-	MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder(URI url) {
-		super(HttpMethod.POST, url);
+	MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder(URI uri) {
+		super(HttpMethod.POST, uri);
 		super.contentType(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMvcRequestBuilders.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMvcRequestBuilders.java
index 0d680d2d52..1de81ffece 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMvcRequestBuilders.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/request/MockMvcRequestBuilders.java
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ public abstract class MockMvcRequestBuilders {
 		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.GET, urlTemplate, urlVariables);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a GET request.
+	 * @param uri the URL
+	 * @since 4.0.3
+	 */
+	public static MockHttpServletRequestBuilder get(URI uri) {
+		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.GET, uri);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a POST request.
 	 * @param urlTemplate a URL template; the resulting URL will be encoded
@@ -56,6 +65,15 @@ public abstract class MockMvcRequestBuilders {
 		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.POST, urlTemplate, urlVariables);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a POST request.
+	 * @param uri the URL
+	 * @since 4.0.3
+	 */
+	public static MockHttpServletRequestBuilder post(URI uri) {
+		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.POST, uri);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a PUT request.
 	 * @param urlTemplate a URL template; the resulting URL will be encoded
@@ -65,6 +83,15 @@ public abstract class MockMvcRequestBuilders {
 		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.PUT, urlTemplate, urlVariables);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a PUT request.
+	 * @param uri the URL
+	 * @since 4.0.3
+	 */
+	public static MockHttpServletRequestBuilder put(URI uri) {
+		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.PUT, uri);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a PATCH request.
 	 * @param urlTemplate a URL template; the resulting URL will be encoded
@@ -74,6 +101,15 @@ public abstract class MockMvcRequestBuilders {
 		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.PATCH, urlTemplate, urlVariables);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a PATCH request.
+	 * @param uri the URL
+	 * @since 4.0.3
+	 */
+	public static MockHttpServletRequestBuilder patch(URI uri) {
+		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.PATCH, uri);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a DELETE request.
 	 * @param urlTemplate a URL template; the resulting URL will be encoded
@@ -83,6 +119,15 @@ public abstract class MockMvcRequestBuilders {
 		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.DELETE, urlTemplate, urlVariables);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a DELETE request.
+	 * @param uri the URL
+	 * @since 4.0.3
+	 */
+	public static MockHttpServletRequestBuilder delete(URI uri) {
+		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.DELETE, uri);
+	}
+
 	/**
      * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for an OPTIONS request.
      * @param urlTemplate a URL template; the resulting URL will be encoded
@@ -92,6 +137,14 @@ public abstract class MockMvcRequestBuilders {
         return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.OPTIONS, urlTemplate, urlVariables);
     }
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for an OPTIONS request.
+	 * @param uri the URL
+	 * @since 4.0.3
+	 */
+	public static MockHttpServletRequestBuilder options(URI uri) {
+		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.OPTIONS, uri);
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a request with the given HTTP method.
@@ -104,86 +157,31 @@ public abstract class MockMvcRequestBuilders {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a multipart request.
-	 * @param urlTemplate a URL template; the resulting URL will be encoded
-	 * @param urlVariables zero or more URL variables
-	 */
-	public static MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder fileUpload(String urlTemplate, Object... urlVariables) {
-		return new MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder(urlTemplate, urlVariables);
-	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a GET request.
-	 * @param url the URL
-	 * @since 4.0.3
-	 */
-	public static MockHttpServletRequestBuilder get(URI url) {
-		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.GET, url);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a POST request.
-	 * @param url the URL
-	 * @since 4.0.3
-	 */
-	public static MockHttpServletRequestBuilder post(URI url) {
-		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.POST, url);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a PUT request.
-	 * @param url the URL
-	 * @since 4.0.3
-	 */
-	public static MockHttpServletRequestBuilder put(URI url) {
-		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.PUT, url);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a PATCH request.
-	 * @param url the URL
-	 * @since 4.0.3
-	 */
-	public static MockHttpServletRequestBuilder patch(URI url) {
-		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.PATCH, url);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a DELETE request.
-	 * @param url the URL
-	 * @since 4.0.3
-	 */
-	public static MockHttpServletRequestBuilder delete(URI url) {
-		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.DELETE, url);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for an OPTIONS request.
-	 * @param url the URL
+	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a request with the given HTTP method.
+	 * @param httpMethod the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc)
+	 * @param uri the URL
 	 * @since 4.0.3
 	 */
-	public static MockHttpServletRequestBuilder options(URI url) {
-		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(HttpMethod.OPTIONS, url);
+	public static MockHttpServletRequestBuilder request(HttpMethod httpMethod, URI uri) {
+		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(httpMethod, uri);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a request with the given HTTP method.
-	 * @param httpMethod the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc)
-	 * @param url the URL
-	 * @since 4.0.3
+	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a multipart request.
+	 * @param urlTemplate a URL template; the resulting URL will be encoded
+	 * @param urlVariables zero or more URL variables
 	 */
-	public static MockHttpServletRequestBuilder request(HttpMethod httpMethod, URI url) {
-		return new MockHttpServletRequestBuilder(httpMethod, url);
+	public static MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder fileUpload(String urlTemplate, Object... urlVariables) {
+		return new MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder(urlTemplate, urlVariables);
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a {@link MockHttpServletRequestBuilder} for a multipart request.
-	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uri the URL
 	 * @since 4.0.3
 	 */
-	public static MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder fileUpload(URI url) {
-		return new MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder(url);
+	public static MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder fileUpload(URI uri) {
+		return new MockMultipartHttpServletRequestBuilder(uri);
 	}
 
 	/**