diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/MBeanExporter.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/MBeanExporter.java
index 0657b8e6a20..99aa376d6b7 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/MBeanExporter.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/jmx/export/MBeanExporter.java
@@ -224,39 +224,39 @@ public class MBeanExporter extends MBeanRegistrationSupport implements MBeanExpo
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Set the autodetection mode to use.
-	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the supplied value is not
-	 * one of the {@code AUTODETECT_} constants
-	 * @see #setAutodetectModeName(String)
+	 * Set the autodetection mode to use by name.
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the supplied value is not resolvable
+	 * to one of the {@code AUTODETECT_} constants or is {@code null}
+	 * @see #setAutodetectMode(int)
 	 * @see #getAutodetectMode()
 	 * @see #AUTODETECT_ALL
 	 * @see #AUTODETECT_ASSEMBLER
 	 * @see #AUTODETECT_MBEAN
 	 * @see #AUTODETECT_NONE
 	 */
-	public void setAutodetectMode(int autodetectMode) {
-		if (!constants.getValues(CONSTANT_PREFIX_AUTODETECT).contains(autodetectMode)) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only values of autodetect constants allowed");
+	public void setAutodetectModeName(String constantName) {
+		if (!constantName.startsWith(CONSTANT_PREFIX_AUTODETECT)) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only autodetect constants allowed");
 		}
-		this.autodetectMode = autodetectMode;
+		this.autodetectMode = (Integer) constants.asNumber(constantName);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Set the autodetection mode to use by name.
-	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the supplied value is not resolvable
-	 * to one of the {@code AUTODETECT_} constants or is {@code null}
-	 * @see #setAutodetectMode(int)
+	 * Set the autodetection mode to use.
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the supplied value is not
+	 * one of the {@code AUTODETECT_} constants
+	 * @see #setAutodetectModeName(String)
 	 * @see #getAutodetectMode()
 	 * @see #AUTODETECT_ALL
 	 * @see #AUTODETECT_ASSEMBLER
 	 * @see #AUTODETECT_MBEAN
 	 * @see #AUTODETECT_NONE
 	 */
-	public void setAutodetectModeName(String constantName) {
-		if (!constantName.startsWith(CONSTANT_PREFIX_AUTODETECT)) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only autodetect constants allowed");
+	public void setAutodetectMode(int autodetectMode) {
+		if (!constants.getValues(CONSTANT_PREFIX_AUTODETECT).contains(autodetectMode)) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only values of autodetect constants allowed");
 		}
-		this.autodetectMode = (Integer) constants.asNumber(constantName);
+		this.autodetectMode = autodetectMode;
 	}
 
 	/**