3 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
index e77a9da0ec..4797c93e63 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/object/try.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ class Object
   def try(*a, &b)
     if a.empty? && block_given?
       yield self
+    elsif !a.empty? && !respond_to?(a.first)
+      nil
     else
       __send__(*a, &b)
     end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/i18n.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/i18n.rb
index 00ea8813dd..f9c5e5e2f8 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/i18n.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/i18n.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ begin
   require 'i18n'
   require 'active_support/lazy_load_hooks'
 rescue LoadError => e
-  $stderr.puts "You don't have i18n installed in your application. Please add it to your Gemfile and run bundle install"
+  $stderr.puts "The i18n gem is not available. Please add it to your Gemfile and run bundle install"
   raise e
 end
 
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/version.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/version.rb
index c2cf39e391..e135872bf6 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/version.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/version.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module ActiveSupport
     MAJOR = 3
     MINOR = 1
     TINY  = 0
-    PRE   = "beta1"
+    PRE   = "rc1"
 
     STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, TINY, PRE].compact.join('.')
   end