diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/tcp/TcpConnection.java b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/tcp/TcpConnection.java
index 644af3b5eb3..e7f59252d57 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/tcp/TcpConnection.java
+++ b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/tcp/TcpConnection.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,18 +16,19 @@
 
 package org.springframework.messaging.tcp;
 
+import java.io.Closeable;
+
 import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
 import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 
 /**
  * A contract for sending messages and managing a TCP connection.
  *
- * @param <P> the type of payload for outbound {@link Message}s
- *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 4.0
+ * @param <P> the type of payload for outbound {@link Message}s
  */
-public interface TcpConnection<P> {
+public interface TcpConnection<P> extends Closeable {
 
 	/**
 	 * Send the given message.
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ public interface TcpConnection<P> {
 	/**
 	 * Close the connection.
 	 */
+	@Override
 	void close();
 
 }