3 files changed, 3 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/asset_url_helper.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/asset_url_helper.rb
index 0b957adb91..c830ab23e3 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/asset_url_helper.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/asset_url_helper.rb
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ module ActionView
 
         "#{source}#{tail}"
       end
-      alias_method :path_to_asset, :asset_path # aliased to avoid conflicts with a asset_path named route
+      alias_method :path_to_asset, :asset_path # aliased to avoid conflicts with an asset_path named route
 
-      # Computes the full URL to a asset in the public directory. This
+      # Computes the full URL to an asset in the public directory. This
       # will use +asset_path+ internally, so most of their behaviors
       # will be the same.
       def asset_url(source, options = {})
diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/cache_helper.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/cache_helper.rb
index 2a38e5c446..b3af1d4da4 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/cache_helper.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/cache_helper.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module ActionView
     module CacheHelper
       # This helper exposes a method for caching fragments of a view
       # rather than an entire action or page. This technique is useful
-      # caching pieces like menus, lists of newstopics, static HTML
+      # caching pieces like menus, lists of new topics, static HTML
       # fragments, and so on. This method takes a block that contains
       # the content you wish to cache.
       #
diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/rendering.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/rendering.rb
index db9c4ef501..c1945cc0c5 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/rendering.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/rendering.rb
@@ -84,20 +84,6 @@ module ActionView
       self.response_body = render_to_body(options)
     end
 
-    # Raw rendering of a template to a string.
-    # :api: public
-    def render_to_string(*args, &block)
-      options = _normalize_render(*args, &block)
-      render_to_body(options)
-    end
-
-    # Raw rendering of a template.
-    # :api: public
-    def render_to_body(options = {})
-      _process_options(options)
-      _render_template(options)
-    end
-
     # Find and renders a template based on the options given.
     # :api: private
     def _render_template(options) #:nodoc:
@@ -109,20 +95,8 @@ module ActionView
       Mime[lookup_context.rendered_format]
     end
 
-    def default_protected_instance_vars
-      super.concat([:@_view_context_class, :@_view_renderer, :@_lookup_context])
-    end
-
     private
 
-      # Normalize args and options.
-      # :api: private
-      def _normalize_render(*args, &block)
-        options = _normalize_args(*args, &block)
-        _normalize_options(options)
-        options
-      end
-
       # Normalize args by converting render "foo" to render :action => "foo" and
       # render "foo/bar" to render :file => "foo/bar".
       # :api: private