diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 82862d0d15..f7a109fa03 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Merged from 1.0:
    erroring out (CASSANDRA-3975)
  * add CompositeType ref to the CLI doc for create/update column family (CASSANDRA-3980)
  * Pig: support Counter ColumnFamilies (CASSANDRA-3973)
- * Pig: Composite column support (CASSANDRA-384)
+ * Pig: Composite column support (CASSANDRA-3684)
  * Avoid NPE during repair when a keyspace has no CFs (CASSANDRA-3988)
  * Fix division-by-zero error on get_slice (CASSANDRA-4000)
  * don't change manifest level for cleanup, scrub, and upgradesstables
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ Merged from 1.0:
  * fix totalBytes count for parallel compactions (CASSANDRA-3758)
  * fix intermittent NPE in get_slice (CASSANDRA-4095)
  * remove unnecessary asserts in native code interfaces (CASSANDRA-4096)
+ * Validate blank keys in CQL to avoid assertion errors (CASSANDRA-3612)
+ * cqlsh: fix bad decoding of some column names (CASSANDRA-4003)
+ * cqlsh: fix incorrect padding with unicode chars (CASSANDRA-4033)
+ * Fix EC2 snitch incorrectly reporting region (CASSANDRA-4026)
+ * Shut down thrift during decommission (CASSANDRA-4086)
+ * Expose nodetool cfhistograms for 2ndary indexes (CASSANDRA-4063)
+Merged from 0.8:
+ * Fix ConcurrentModificationException in gossiper (CASSANDRA-4019)
 
 
 1.1-beta1
diff --git a/conf/cassandra-env.sh b/conf/cassandra-env.sh
index f6416cf73d..6d4d0da12d 100644
--- a/conf/cassandra-env.sh
+++ b/conf/cassandra-env.sh
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true"
 # JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=<public name>"
 # 
 # see 
-# http://blogs.sun.com/jmxetc/entry/troubleshooting_connection_problems_in_jconsole
+# https://blogs.oracle.com/jmxetc/entry/troubleshooting_connection_problems_in_jconsole
 # for more on configuring JMX through firewalls, etc. (Short version:
 # get it working with no firewall first.)
 JVM_OPTS="$JVM_OPTS -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=$JMX_PORT" 
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/IncomingTcpConnection.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/IncomingTcpConnection.java
index f329636db6..a1140c2946 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/IncomingTcpConnection.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/IncomingTcpConnection.java
@@ -90,19 +90,16 @@ public class IncomingTcpConnection extends Thread
             // we should buffer
             input = new DataInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(socket.getInputStream(), 4096));
             // Receive the first message to set the version.
-            Message msg = receiveMessage(input, version);
-            from = msg.getFrom(); // why? see => CASSANDRA-4099
+            from = receiveMessage(input, version); // why? see => CASSANDRA-4099
             if (version > MessagingService.version_)
             {
                 // save the endpoint so gossip will reconnect to it
                 Gossiper.instance.addSavedEndpoint(from);
                 logger.info("Received " + (isStream ? "streaming " : "") + "connection from newer protocol version. Ignoring");
+                return;
             }
-            else if (msg != null)
-            {
-                Gossiper.instance.setVersion(from, version);
-                logger.debug("set version for {} to {}", from, version);
-            }
+            Gossiper.instance.setVersion(from, version);
+            logger.debug("set version for {} to {}", from, version);
 
             // loop to get the next message.
             while (true)
@@ -131,7 +128,7 @@ public class IncomingTcpConnection extends Thread
         }
     }
 
-    private Message receiveMessage(DataInputStream input, int version) throws IOException
+    private InetAddress receiveMessage(DataInputStream input, int version) throws IOException
     {
         int totalSize = input.readInt();
         String id = input.readUTF();
@@ -156,10 +153,12 @@ public class IncomingTcpConnection extends Thread
         {
             Message message = new Message(header, body, version);
             MessagingService.instance().receive(message, id);
-            return message;
         }
-        logger.debug("Received connection from newer protocol version {}. Ignoring message", version);
-        return null;
+        else
+        {
+            logger.debug("Received connection from newer protocol version {}. Ignoring message", version);
+        }
+        return header.getFrom();
     }
 
     private void close()
diff --git a/src/resources/org/apache/cassandra/cli/CliHelp.yaml b/src/resources/org/apache/cassandra/cli/CliHelp.yaml
index 9e417dc262..017b54edd6 100644
--- a/src/resources/org/apache/cassandra/cli/CliHelp.yaml
+++ b/src/resources/org/apache/cassandra/cli/CliHelp.yaml
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ commands:
           It is also valid to specify the fully-qualified class name to a class that
           extends org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.AbstractType.
 
-        - key_valiation_class: Validator to use for keys.
+        - key_validation_class: Validator to use for keys.
           Default is BytesType which applies no validation.
 
           Supported values are: