diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
index 25ec79c..c035669 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@
 o LOG4J2-275:  FlumeAvroManager fails to notify client of failing event if Flume RPCClient cannot be created. 
 
 Changes:
+o LOG4J2-270:  Improved logging initialization in Servlet containers, especially Servlet 3.0 and newer where Log4j now
+        initializes and deinitializes automatically with no deployment descriptor configuration. 
 o LOG4J2-301:  Add printf methods to Logger API. 
 o LOG4J2-282:  Allow the default status level to be specified as a system property. 
 o LOG4J2-294:  LogManager.getLogger can now be called without a logger name or with a null logger name. 
 o LOG4J2-288:  Update JUnit to 4.11 from 4.7. 
-o LOG4J2-287:  Update Hibernate to 4.3 beta3 from beta2. 
 o LOG4J2-286:  Update test H2 JDBC driver to 1.172 from 1.171. 
 o LOG4J2-285:  Update Jansi jar to 1.11 from 1.9. 
 o LOG4J2-284:  Update Log4j 1 dependency to 1.2.17 from 1.2.16. 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/spi/AbstractLogger.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/spi/AbstractLogger.java
index 0679e81..f469f40 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/spi/AbstractLogger.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/spi/AbstractLogger.java
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@
      * @param params Arguments specified by the format.
      */
     public void printf(Level level, Marker marker, String format, Object... params) {
-        if (isEnabled(level, null, format, params)) {
+        if (isEnabled(level, marker, format, params)) {
             Message msg = new StringFormattedMessage(format, params);
             log(marker, FQCN, level, msg, msg.getThrowable());
         }
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index 9fc1170..70a5310 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="2.0-beta8" date="2013-07-10" description="Bug fixes and enhancements">
+      <action issue="LOG4J2-270" dev="nickwilliams" type="update">
+        Improved logging initialization in Servlet containers, especially Servlet 3.0 and newer where Log4j now
+        initializes and deinitializes automatically with no deployment descriptor configuration.
+      </action>
       <action issue="LOG4J2-302" dev="rpopma" type="fix">
         Added toString methods to ThreadContextStack/Map implementation classes.
       </action>
@@ -72,9 +76,6 @@
       <action issue="LOG4J2-288" dev="gregory" type="update">
         Update JUnit to 4.11 from 4.7.
       </action>
-      <action issue="LOG4J2-287" dev="gregory" type="update">
-        Update Hibernate to 4.3 beta3 from beta2.
-      </action>
       <action issue="LOG4J2-286" dev="gregory" type="update">
         Update test H2 JDBC driver to 1.172 from 1.171.
       </action>