diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/UrlTag.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/UrlTag.java
index 007596ebf0..75a25ca460 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/UrlTag.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/tags/UrlTag.java
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public class UrlTag extends HtmlEscapingAwareTag implements ParamAware {
 
 
 	/**
-	 * Sets the value of the URL.
+	 * Set the value of the URL.
 	 */
 	public void setValue(String value) {
 		if (value.contains(URL_TYPE_ABSOLUTE)) {
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ public class UrlTag extends HtmlEscapingAwareTag implements ParamAware {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Set the context path for the URL. Defaults to the current context
+	 * Set the context path for the URL.
+	 * Defaults to the current context.
 	 */
 	public void setContext(String context) {
 		if (context.startsWith("/")) {
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ public class UrlTag extends HtmlEscapingAwareTag implements ParamAware {
 					String value = param.getValue();
 					try {
 						uri = StringUtils.replace(uri, template,
-								(value != null ? UriUtils.encodePathSegment(param.getValue(), encoding) : ""));
+								(value != null ? UriUtils.encodePathSegment(value, encoding) : ""));
 					}
 					catch (UnsupportedCharsetException ex) {
 						throw new JspException(ex);
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/sockjs/client/SockJsUrlInfo.java b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/sockjs/client/SockJsUrlInfo.java
index 028e4a4649..466a469c5d 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/sockjs/client/SockJsUrlInfo.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/socket/sockjs/client/SockJsUrlInfo.java
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
 
 /**
  * Container for the base URL of a SockJS endpoint with additional helper methods
- * to derive related SockJS URLs as the {@link #getInfoUrl() info} URL and
- * {@link #getTransportUrl(TransportType) transport} URLs.
+ * to derive related SockJS URLs: specifically, the {@link #getInfoUrl() info}
+ * and {@link #getTransportUrl(TransportType) transport} URLs.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 4.1