3 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/actionview/actionview.gemspec b/actionview/actionview.gemspec
index 87cb568300..cdac074973 100644
--- a/actionview/actionview.gemspec
+++ b/actionview/actionview.gemspec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = 'actionview'
   s.version     = version
   s.summary     = 'Rendering framework putting the V in MVC (part of Rails).'
-  s.description = ''
+  s.description = 'Simple, battle-tested conventions and helpers for building web pages.'
 
   s.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.9.3'
 
diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/rendering.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/rendering.rb
index c1945cc0c5..18a0788f8e 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/rendering.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/rendering.rb
@@ -77,13 +77,6 @@ module ActionView
       @_view_renderer ||= ActionView::Renderer.new(lookup_context)
     end
 
-    # Render template to response_body
-    # :api: public
-    def render(*args, &block)
-      options = _normalize_render(*args, &block)
-      self.response_body = render_to_body(options)
-    end
-
     # Find and renders a template based on the options given.
     # :api: private
     def _render_template(options) #:nodoc:
@@ -91,12 +84,24 @@ module ActionView
       view_renderer.render(view_context, options)
     end
 
+    def render_to_body(options = {})
+      _process_options(options)
+      _render_template(options)
+    end
+
     def rendered_format
       Mime[lookup_context.rendered_format]
     end
 
     private
 
+      # Assign the rendered format to lookup context.
+      def _process_format(format) #:nodoc:
+        super
+        lookup_context.formats = [format.to_sym]
+        lookup_context.rendered_format = lookup_context.formats.first
+      end
+
       # Normalize args by converting render "foo" to render :action => "foo" and
       # render "foo/bar" to render :file => "foo/bar".
       # :api: private
diff --git a/actionview/test/fixtures/helpers/abc_helper.rb b/actionview/test/fixtures/helpers/abc_helper.rb
index 7104ff3730..cf2774bb5f 100644
--- a/actionview/test/fixtures/helpers/abc_helper.rb
+++ b/actionview/test/fixtures/helpers/abc_helper.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 module AbcHelper
   def bare_a() end
-  def bare_b() end
-  def bare_c() end
 end