diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/annotation/SendToUser.java b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/annotation/SendToUser.java
index a5c7c2b5ffd..a85bc67b9fb 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/annotation/SendToUser.java
+++ b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/annotation/SendToUser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 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.
@@ -22,13 +22,16 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AliasFor;
+
 /**
- * Annotation that indicates the return value of a message-handling method should
- * be sent as a {@link org.springframework.messaging.Message} to the specified
- * destination(s) prepended with {@code "/user/{username}"} where the user
- * name is extracted from the headers of the input message being handled.
+ * Annotation that indicates that the return value of a message-handling method
+ * should be sent as a {@link org.springframework.messaging.Message} to the specified
+ * destination(s) prepended with <code>"/user/{username}"</code> where the user name
+ * is extracted from the headers of the input message being handled.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 4.0
  * @see org.springframework.messaging.simp.annotation.support.SendToMethodReturnValueHandler
  * @see org.springframework.messaging.simp.user.UserDestinationMessageHandler
@@ -40,13 +43,23 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 public @interface SendToUser {
 
 	/**
-	 * One or more destinations to send a message to. If left unspecified, a
-	 * default destination is selected based on the destination of the input
-	 * message being handled.
-	 * @see org.springframework.messaging.simp.annotation.support.SendToMethodReturnValueHandler
+	 * Alias for {@link #destinations}.
+	 * @see #destinations
 	 */
+	@AliasFor(attribute = "destinations")
 	String[] value() default {};
 
+	/**
+	 * One or more destinations to send a message to.
+	 * <p>If left unspecified, a default destination is selected based on
+	 * the destination of the input message being handled.
+	 * @since 4.2
+	 * @see #value
+	 * @see org.springframework.messaging.simp.annotation.support.SendToMethodReturnValueHandler
+	 */
+	@AliasFor(attribute = "value")
+	String[] destinations() default {};
+
 	/**
 	 * Whether messages should be sent to all sessions associated with the user
 	 * or only to the session of the input message being handled.
diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/test/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/annotation/support/SendToMethodReturnValueHandlerTests.java b/spring-messaging/src/test/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/annotation/support/SendToMethodReturnValueHandlerTests.java
index d28b851c1de..eec22554053 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/src/test/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/annotation/support/SendToMethodReturnValueHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-messaging/src/test/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/annotation/support/SendToMethodReturnValueHandlerTests.java
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.messaging.simp.annotation.support;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonView;
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.*;
-import static org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.support.DestinationVariableMethodArgumentResolver.DESTINATION_TEMPLATE_VARIABLES_HEADER;
-import static org.springframework.messaging.support.MessageHeaderAccessor.*;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
@@ -33,6 +29,7 @@ import javax.security.auth.Subject;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
+
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 import org.mockito.Captor;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
@@ -57,6 +54,11 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.support.MessageBuilder;
 import org.springframework.messaging.support.MessageHeaderAccessor;
 import org.springframework.util.MimeType;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.*;
+import static org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.support.DestinationVariableMethodArgumentResolver.DESTINATION_TEMPLATE_VARIABLES_HEADER;
+import static org.springframework.messaging.support.MessageHeaderAccessor.*;
+
 /**
  * Test fixture for {@link SendToMethodReturnValueHandlerTests}.
  *
@@ -466,55 +468,46 @@ public class SendToMethodReturnValueHandlerTests {
 		}
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	public String handleNoAnnotations() {
 		return PAYLOAD;
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	@SendTo
 	public String handleAndSendToDefaultDestination() {
 		return PAYLOAD;
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	@SendTo({"/dest1", "/dest2"})
 	public String handleAndSendTo() {
 		return PAYLOAD;
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	@SendTo("/topic/chat.message.filtered.{roomName}")
 	public String handleAndSendToWithPlaceholders() {
 		return PAYLOAD;
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	@SendToUser
 	public String handleAndSendToUserDefaultDestination() {
 		return PAYLOAD;
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
-	@SendToUser(broadcast=false)
+	@SendToUser(broadcast = false)
 	public String handleAndSendToUserDefaultDestinationSingleSession() {
 		return PAYLOAD;
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	@SendToUser({"/dest1", "/dest2"})
 	public String handleAndSendToUser() {
 		return PAYLOAD;
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
-	@SendToUser(value={"/dest1", "/dest2"}, broadcast=false)
+	@SendToUser(destinations = { "/dest1", "/dest2" }, broadcast = false)
 	public String handleAndSendToUserSingleSession() {
 		return PAYLOAD;
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
-	@SendTo({"/dest"})
+	@SendTo("/dest")
 	@JsonView(MyJacksonView1.class)
 	public JacksonViewBean handleAndSendToJsonView() {
 		JacksonViewBean payload = new JacksonViewBean();
@@ -528,6 +521,7 @@ public class SendToMethodReturnValueHandlerTests {
 	private interface MyJacksonView1 {};
 	private interface MyJacksonView2 {};
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
 	private static class JacksonViewBean {
 
 		@JsonView(MyJacksonView1.class)