diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/ConversionFailedException.java b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/ConversionFailedException.java
index d3f0839d9b..7a16daa39f 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/ConversionFailedException.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/ConversionFailedException.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.core.convert;
 
+import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
+
 /**
  * Exception to be thrown when an actual type conversion attempt fails.
  *
@@ -40,8 +42,8 @@ public final class ConversionFailedException extends ConversionException {
 	 * @param cause the cause of the conversion failure
 	 */
 	public ConversionFailedException(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType, Object value, Throwable cause) {
-		super("Unable to convert value \"" + value + "\" from type '" + sourceType.getName() +
-				"' to type '" + targetType.getName() + "'", cause);
+		super("Unable to convert value \"" + ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(value) + "\" from type '" +
+				sourceType.getName() + "' to type '" + targetType.getName() + "'", cause);
 		this.sourceType = sourceType;
 		this.targetType = targetType;
 		this.value = value;
diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/ConverterNotFoundException.java b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/ConverterNotFoundException.java
index 3c166afccf..20cc6381b7 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/ConverterNotFoundException.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/convert/ConverterNotFoundException.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 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.
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ public final class ConverterNotFoundException extends ConversionException {
 	 * @param message a descriptive message
 	 */
 	public ConverterNotFoundException(TypeDescriptor sourceType, TypeDescriptor targetType) {
-		super("No converter found capable of converting from [" + sourceType.getName() + "] to [" + targetType.getName() + "]");
+		super("No converter found capable of converting from '" + sourceType.getName() +
+				"' to '" + targetType.getName() + "'");
 		this.sourceType = sourceType;
 		this.targetType = targetType;
 	}
diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/GenericConversionServiceTests.java b/org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/GenericConversionServiceTests.java
index 8d652f4764..0f4e66bf60 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/GenericConversionServiceTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/convert/support/GenericConversionServiceTests.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.util.StopWatch;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * @author Keith Donald
@@ -216,6 +217,26 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 		assertEquals("RESULT", converted[0]);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testStringArrayToIntegerArray() {
+		GenericConversionService conversionService = ConversionServiceFactory.createDefaultConversionService();
+		conversionService.addConverter(new MyStringArrayToIntegerArrayConverter());
+		Integer[] converted = conversionService.convert(new String[] {"x1", "z3"}, Integer[].class);
+		assertEquals(2, converted.length);
+		assertEquals(1, converted[0].intValue());
+		assertEquals(3, converted[1].intValue());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testStringToIntegerArray() {
+		GenericConversionService conversionService = ConversionServiceFactory.createDefaultConversionService();
+		conversionService.addConverter(new MyStringToIntegerArrayConverter());
+		Integer[] converted = conversionService.convert("x1,z3", Integer[].class);
+		assertEquals(2, converted.length);
+		assertEquals(1, converted[0].intValue());
+		assertEquals(3, converted[1].intValue());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testWildcardMap() throws Exception {
 		GenericConversionService conversionService = ConversionServiceFactory.createDefaultConversionService();
@@ -372,6 +393,31 @@ public class GenericConversionServiceTests {
 	}
 
 
+	private static class MyStringArrayToIntegerArrayConverter implements Converter<String[], Integer[]>	{
+
+		public Integer[] convert(String[] source) {
+			Integer[] result = new Integer[source.length];
+			for (int i = 0; i < source.length; i++) {
+				result[i] = Integer.parseInt(source[i].substring(1));
+			}
+			return result;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	private static class MyStringToIntegerArrayConverter implements Converter<String, Integer[]>	{
+
+		public Integer[] convert(String source) {
+			String[] srcArray = StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray(source);
+			Integer[] result = new Integer[srcArray.length];
+			for (int i = 0; i < srcArray.length; i++) {
+				result[i] = Integer.parseInt(srcArray[i].substring(1));
+			}
+			return result;
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	public static class WithCopyConstructor {
 
 		public WithCopyConstructor() {