diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/GsonHttpMessageConverter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/GsonHttpMessageConverter.java
index be5b4ea6d8..f6b37361fa 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/GsonHttpMessageConverter.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/GsonHttpMessageConverter.java
@@ -101,17 +101,16 @@ public class GsonHttpMessageConverter extends AbstractHttpMessageConverter<Objec
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Indicate whether the JSON output by this view should be prefixed with "{} &&".
+	 * Indicate whether the JSON output by this view should be prefixed with ")]}', ".
 	 * Default is {@code false}.
 	 * <p>Prefixing the JSON string in this manner is used to help prevent JSON
 	 * Hijacking. The prefix renders the string syntactically invalid as a script
-	 * so that it cannot be hijacked. This prefix does not affect the evaluation
-	 * of JSON, but if JSON validation is performed on the string, the prefix
-	 * would need to be ignored.
+	 * so that it cannot be hijacked.
+	 * This prefix should be stripped before parsing the string as JSON.
 	 * @see #setJsonPrefix
 	 */
 	public void setPrefixJson(boolean prefixJson) {
-		this.jsonPrefix = (prefixJson ? "{} && " : null);
+		this.jsonPrefix = (prefixJson ? ")]}', " : null);
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java
index 8da060c04a..6f7594aaa6 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java
@@ -76,15 +76,14 @@ public class MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter extends AbstractJackson2HttpMes
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Indicate whether the JSON output by this view should be prefixed with "{} &&". Default is false.
+	 * Indicate whether the JSON output by this view should be prefixed with ")]}', ". Default is false.
 	 * <p>Prefixing the JSON string in this manner is used to help prevent JSON Hijacking.
 	 * The prefix renders the string syntactically invalid as a script so that it cannot be hijacked.
-	 * This prefix does not affect the evaluation of JSON, but if JSON validation is performed on the
-	 * string, the prefix would need to be ignored.
+	 * This prefix should be stripped before parsing the string as JSON.
 	 * @see #setJsonPrefix
 	 */
 	public void setPrefixJson(boolean prefixJson) {
-		this.jsonPrefix = (prefixJson ? "{} && " : null);
+		this.jsonPrefix = (prefixJson ? ")]}', " : null);
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/GsonHttpMessageConverterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/GsonHttpMessageConverterTests.java
index fedf6232f5..fce8cb3ab7 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/GsonHttpMessageConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/GsonHttpMessageConverterTests.java
@@ -210,15 +210,15 @@ public class GsonHttpMessageConverterTests {
 		MockHttpOutputMessage outputMessage = new MockHttpOutputMessage();
 		this.converter.setPrefixJson(true);
 		this.converter.writeInternal("foo", outputMessage);
-		assertEquals("{} && \"foo\"", outputMessage.getBodyAsString(UTF8));
+		assertEquals(")]}', \"foo\"", outputMessage.getBodyAsString(UTF8));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void prefixJsonCustom() throws Exception {
 		MockHttpOutputMessage outputMessage = new MockHttpOutputMessage();
-		this.converter.setJsonPrefix(")]}',");
+		this.converter.setJsonPrefix(")))");
 		this.converter.writeInternal("foo", outputMessage);
-		assertEquals(")]}',\"foo\"", outputMessage.getBodyAsString(UTF8));
+		assertEquals(")))\"foo\"", outputMessage.getBodyAsString(UTF8));
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests.java
index cfe9bca095..aaa9fa0f78 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests.java
@@ -233,16 +233,16 @@ public class MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests {
 		this.converter.setPrefixJson(true);
 		this.converter.writeInternal("foo", outputMessage);
 
-		assertEquals("{} && \"foo\"", outputMessage.getBodyAsString(Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
+		assertEquals(")]}', \"foo\"", outputMessage.getBodyAsString(Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void prefixJsonCustom() throws Exception {
 		MockHttpOutputMessage outputMessage = new MockHttpOutputMessage();
-		this.converter.setJsonPrefix(")]}',");
+		this.converter.setJsonPrefix(")))");
 		this.converter.writeInternal("foo", outputMessage);
 
-		assertEquals(")]}',\"foo\"", outputMessage.getBodyAsString(Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
+		assertEquals(")))\"foo\"", outputMessage.getBodyAsString(Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJackson2JsonView.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJackson2JsonView.java
index 1eefee90b9..5799207387 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJackson2JsonView.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJackson2JsonView.java
@@ -99,16 +99,15 @@ public class MappingJackson2JsonView extends AbstractJackson2View {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Indicates whether the JSON output by this view should be prefixed with <tt>"{} && "</tt>.
+	 * Indicates whether the JSON output by this view should be prefixed with <tt>")]}', "</tt>.
 	 * Default is {@code false}.
 	 * <p>Prefixing the JSON string in this manner is used to help prevent JSON Hijacking.
 	 * The prefix renders the string syntactically invalid as a script so that it cannot be hijacked.
-	 * This prefix does not affect the evaluation of JSON, but if JSON validation is performed
-	 * on the string, the prefix would need to be ignored.
+	 * This prefix should be stripped before parsing the string as JSON.
 	 * @see #setJsonPrefix
 	 */
 	public void setPrefixJson(boolean prefixJson) {
-		this.jsonPrefix = (prefixJson ? "{} && " : null);
+		this.jsonPrefix = (prefixJson ? ")]}', " : null);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJackson2JsonViewTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJackson2JsonViewTests.java
index f93331764a..3b61f75e9f 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJackson2JsonViewTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJackson2JsonViewTests.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import org.mozilla.javascript.Context;
 import org.mozilla.javascript.ContextFactory;
 import org.mozilla.javascript.ScriptableObject;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.DirectFieldAccessor;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockHttpServletResponse;
@@ -180,14 +181,14 @@ public class MappingJackson2JsonViewTests {
 	public void renderSimpleBeanPrefixed() throws Exception {
 		view.setPrefixJson(true);
 		renderSimpleBean();
-		assertTrue(response.getContentAsString().startsWith("{} && "));
+		assertTrue(response.getContentAsString().startsWith(")]}', "));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void renderSimpleBeanNotPrefixed() throws Exception {
 		view.setPrefixJson(false);
 		renderSimpleBean();
-		assertFalse(response.getContentAsString().startsWith("{} && "));
+		assertFalse(response.getContentAsString().startsWith(")]}', "));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -363,8 +364,14 @@ public class MappingJackson2JsonViewTests {
 	}
 
 	private void validateResult() throws Exception {
+		String json = response.getContentAsString();
+		DirectFieldAccessor viewAccessor = new DirectFieldAccessor(view);
+		String jsonPrefix = (String)viewAccessor.getPropertyValue("jsonPrefix");
+		if (jsonPrefix != null) {
+			json = json.substring(5);
+		}
 		Object jsResult =
-				jsContext.evaluateString(jsScope, "(" + response.getContentAsString() + ")", "JSON Stream", 1, null);
+				jsContext.evaluateString(jsScope, "(" + json + ")", "JSON Stream", 1, null);
 		assertNotNull("Json Result did not eval as valid JavaScript", jsResult);
 		assertEquals("application/json", response.getContentType());
 	}