diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/MediaType.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/MediaType.java
index 83715d8ff9642b21be88effa50b63799e5622ae9..185e9e6cab590b646faebddc21ae112b28ecf477 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/MediaType.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/MediaType.java
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ public class MediaType implements Comparable<MediaType> {
 	 *  */
 	public final static MediaType APPLICATION_XHTML_XML;
 
+	/**
+	 * Public constant media type for {@code application/xml}.
+	 */
+	public final static MediaType APPLICATION_XML;
+
 	/**
 	 * Public constant media type for {@code image/gif}.
 	 */
@@ -93,11 +98,6 @@ public class MediaType implements Comparable<MediaType> {
 	 */
 	public final static MediaType IMAGE_PNG;
 
-	/**
-	 * Public constant media type for {@code image/xml}.
-	 */
-	public final static MediaType APPLICATION_XML;
-
 	/**
 	 * Public constant media type for {@code multipart/form-data}.
 	 *  */
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/AbstractXmlHttpMessageConverter.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/AbstractXmlHttpMessageConverter.java
index bdb3c351d9d00bafe3498b964530ca0199f96d40..f10f7114eb594ddb8637e36eecd1c19055361c36 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/AbstractXmlHttpMessageConverter.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/xml/AbstractXmlHttpMessageConverter.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractXmlHttpMessageConverter<T> extends AbstractHttpMes
 	 * to {@code text/xml} and {@code application/xml}, and {@code application/*-xml}.
 	 */
 	protected AbstractXmlHttpMessageConverter() {
-		super(new MediaType("application", "xml"), new MediaType("text", "xml"), new MediaType("application", "*+xml"));
+		super(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML, MediaType.TEXT_XML, new MediaType("application", "*+xml"));
 	}
 
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractXmlHttpMessageConverter<T> extends AbstractHttpMes
 	 * Transforms the given {@code Source} to the {@code Result}.
 	 * @param source the source to transform from
 	 * @param result the result to transform to
-	 * @throws HttpMessageConversionException in case of transformation errors
+	 * @throws TransformerException in case of transformation errors
 	 */
 	protected void transform(Source source, Result result) throws TransformerException {
 		this.transformerFactory.newTransformer().transform(source, result);