diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/ToStringStyle.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/ToStringStyle.java
index 6f51e1c66..c404a026d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/ToStringStyle.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/ToStringStyle.java
@@ -2585,16 +2585,16 @@ public abstract class ToStringStyle implements Serializable {
             	return;
             }
             
-            final String try_value_str = value.toString();
-            if (try_value_str.startsWith(getContentStart()) && try_value_str.endsWith(getContentEnd())
-                    || try_value_str.startsWith(getArrayStart()) && try_value_str.startsWith(getArrayEnd())
+            final String valueAsString = value.toString();
+            if (valueAsString.startsWith(getContentStart()) && valueAsString.endsWith(getContentEnd())
+                    || valueAsString.startsWith(getArrayStart()) && valueAsString.startsWith(getArrayEnd())
                 ) {
                 
             	buffer.append(value);
             	return;
             }
             
-            appendDetail(buffer, fieldName, try_value_str);
+            appendDetail(buffer, fieldName, valueAsString);
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/JsonToStringStyleTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/JsonToStringStyleTest.java
index 4d23d5332..e5821d570 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/JsonToStringStyleTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/builder/JsonToStringStyleTest.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class JsonToStringStyleTest {
     public void testDate() {
         
         final Date now = new Date();
-        final Date after_now = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + 1);
+        final Date afterNow = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + 1);
         
         try {
             new ToStringBuilder(base).append(now).toString();
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class JsonToStringStyleTest {
         
         assertEquals("{\"now\":\"" + now.toString() +"\"}", new ToStringBuilder(base).append("now", now)
                 .toString());
-        assertEquals("{\"now\":\"" + now.toString() +"\",\"after\":\"" + after_now.toString() + "\"}", new ToStringBuilder(base).append("now", now).append("after", after_now)
+        assertEquals("{\"now\":\"" + now.toString() +"\",\"after\":\"" + afterNow.toString() + "\"}", new ToStringBuilder(base).append("now", now).append("after", afterNow)
                 .toString());
     }