diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 7622e30f9eb..784fbb288b0 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ New Features
 28. json.wrf parameter adds a wrapper-function around the JSON response,
     useful in AJAX with dynamic script tags for specifying a JavaScript
     callback function. (Bertrand Delacretaz via yonik, SOLR-56)
+29. autoCommit can be specified every so many documents added (klaas, SOLR-65)
     
 Changes in runtime behavior
  1. classes reorganized into different packages, package names changed to Apache
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ Changes in runtime behavior
  7. FunctionQuery.explain now uses ComplexExplanation to provide more
     accurate score explanations when composed in a BooleanQuery.
     (hossman, SOLR-25)
+ 8. Document update handling locking is much sparser, allowing performance gains
+    through multiple threads.  Large commits also might be faster (klaas, SOLR-65)
 
 Optimizations 
  1. getDocListAndSet can now generate both a DocList and a DocSet from a 
@@ -113,6 +116,7 @@ Bug Fixes
     generate and catenate off.  (Mike Klaas via yonik, SOLR-34)
  8. Escape '>' in XML output (because ]]> is illegal in CharData) 
  9. field boosts weren't being applied and doc boosts were being applied to fields (klaas)
+10. Multiple-doc update generates well-formed xml (klaas, SOLR-65)
 
 Other Changes
  1. Upgrade to Lucene 2.0 nightly build 2006-06-22, lucene SVN revision 416224,
diff --git a/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml b/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 466026810aa..acdba3c085a 100755
--- a/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/example/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
   <!-- the default high-performance update handler -->
   <updateHandler class="solr.DirectUpdateHandler2">
 
+    <!-- autocommit pending docs if certain criteria are met 
+    <autoCommit> 
+      <maxDocs>10000</maxDocs>
+    </autoCommit>
+    -->
+
     <!-- The RunExecutableListener executes an external command.
          exe - the name of the executable to run
          dir - dir to use as the current working directory. default="."
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrCore.java b/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrCore.java
index 7747c6463e9..8ba153f6c90 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrCore.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrCore.java
@@ -666,7 +666,10 @@ public final class SolrCore {
         if (!committedAttr) cmd.overwriteCommitted=!cmd.allowDups;
 
         DocumentBuilder builder = new DocumentBuilder(schema);
+        SchemaField uniqueKeyField = schema.getUniqueKeyField();
         int eventType=0;
+        // accumulate responses
+        List<String> added = new ArrayList<String>(10);
         while(true) {
           // this may be our second time through the loop in the case
           // that there are multiple docs in the add... so make sure that
@@ -682,47 +685,27 @@ public final class SolrCore {
           eventType = xpp.nextTag();
           if (eventType == XmlPullParser.END_TAG || eventType == XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) break;  // should match </add>
 
-          try {
-            readDoc(builder,xpp);
-            builder.endDoc();
-            cmd.doc = builder.getDoc();
-            log.finest("adding doc...");
-            updateHandler.addDoc(cmd);
-            SchemaField uniqueKeyField = schema.getUniqueKeyField();
-            StringBuilder addMsg = new StringBuilder("add ");
-            if (uniqueKeyField!=null) addMsg.append("(")
-                                .append(uniqueKeyField.getName())
-                                .append("=")
-                                .append(schema.printableUniqueKey(cmd.doc))
-                                .append(") ");
-            log.info(addMsg.toString()+status+" "+(System.currentTimeMillis()-startTime));
-            writer.write("<result status=\"" + status + "\"></result>");
-          } catch (SolrException e) {
-            log(e);
-	          log.info("add "+e.code+" "+(System.currentTimeMillis()-startTime));
-            writeResult(writer,e);
-            // we may not have finised reading the XML for this cmd,
-            // so eat any unused input up till "</add>"
-            eventType = xpp.getEventType();
-            while (true)  {
-              if ( eventType == XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT
-                      || (eventType == XmlPullParser.END_TAG && "add".equals(xpp.getName())))
-              {
-                break;
-              }
-              eventType = xpp.next();
-            }
-          }
-        }
-
-      /***
-      while (findNextTag(xpp,"doc") != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
-        readDoc(builder,xpp);
-        Document doc = builder.endDoc();
-        indexWriter.addDocument(doc);
-        docsAdded++;
-      }
-      ***/
+          readDoc(builder,xpp);
+          builder.endDoc();
+          cmd.doc = builder.getDoc();
+          log.finest("adding doc...");
+          updateHandler.addDoc(cmd);
+          String docId = null;
+          if (uniqueKeyField!=null)
+            docId = schema.printableUniqueKey(cmd.doc);
+          added.add(docId);
+          
+        } // end while
+        // write log and result
+        StringBuilder out = new StringBuilder();
+        for (String docId: added)
+          if(docId != null)
+            out.append(docId + ",");
+        String outMsg = out.toString();
+        if(outMsg.length() > 0)
+          outMsg = outMsg.substring(0, outMsg.length() - 1);
+        log.info("added id={" + outMsg  + "} in " + (System.currentTimeMillis()-startTime) + "ms");
+        writer.write("<result status=\"0\"></result>");
 
     } // end add
 
@@ -1014,8 +997,6 @@ public final class SolrCore {
   public final QueryResponseWriter getQueryResponseWriter(SolrQueryRequest request) {
     return getQueryResponseWriter(request.getParam("wt")); 
   }
-
-
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/DirectUpdateHandler2.java b/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/DirectUpdateHandler2.java
index a30226adbe4..968c135df76 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/DirectUpdateHandler2.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/DirectUpdateHandler2.java
@@ -29,9 +29,13 @@ import org.apache.lucene.document.Document;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ import org.apache.solr.search.SolrIndexSearcher;
 import org.apache.solr.search.QueryParsing;
 import org.apache.solr.util.NamedList;
 import org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore;
+import org.apache.solr.core.SolrConfig;
 import org.apache.solr.core.SolrException;
 
 /**
@@ -131,30 +136,48 @@ public class DirectUpdateHandler2 extends UpdateHandler {
   AtomicLong numErrors = new AtomicLong();
   AtomicLong numErrorsCumulative = new AtomicLong();
 
-
+  // tracks when auto-commit should occur
+  protected final CommitTracker tracker;
 
   // The key is the id, the value (Integer) is the number
   // of docs to save (delete all except the last "n" added)
-  protected final HashMap<String,Integer> pset;
+  protected final Map<String,Integer> pset;
 
   // commonly used constants for the count in the pset
   protected final static Integer ZERO = 0;
   protected final static Integer ONE = 1;
 
+  // iwCommit protects internal data and open/close of the IndexWriter and
+  // is a mutex. Any use of the index writer should be protected by iwAccess, 
+  // which admits multiple simultaneous acquisitions.  iwAccess is 
+  // mutually-exclusive with the iwCommit lock.
+  protected final Lock iwAccess, iwCommit;
+
   protected IndexWriter writer;
   protected SolrIndexSearcher searcher;
 
   public DirectUpdateHandler2(SolrCore core) throws IOException {
     super(core);
-    pset = new HashMap<String,Integer>(256); // 256 is just an optional head-start
+    /* A TreeMap is used to maintain the natural ordering of the document ids,
+       which makes commits more efficient
+     */
+    pset = new TreeMap<String,Integer>(); 
+
+    ReadWriteLock rwl = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
+    iwAccess = rwl.readLock();
+    iwCommit = rwl.writeLock();
+
+    tracker = new CommitTracker();
   }
 
+  // must only be called when iwCommit lock held
   protected void openWriter() throws IOException {
     if (writer==null) {
       writer = createMainIndexWriter("DirectUpdateHandler2");
     }
   }
 
+  // must only be called when iwCommit lock held
   protected void closeWriter() throws IOException {
     try {
       numDocsPending.set(0);
@@ -182,44 +205,60 @@ public class DirectUpdateHandler2 extends UpdateHandler {
     }
   }
 
-  protected void doAdd(Document doc) throws IOException {
-    closeSearcher(); openWriter();
-    writer.addDocument(doc);
-  }
-
-
-
   public int addDoc(AddUpdateCommand cmd) throws IOException {
     addCommands.incrementAndGet();
     addCommandsCumulative.incrementAndGet();
     int rc=-1;
+
+    iwAccess.lock();
     try {
-      if (!cmd.allowDups && !cmd.overwritePending && !cmd.overwriteCommitted) {
-        throw new SolrException(400,"unsupported param combo:" + cmd);
-        // this would need a reader to implement (to be able to check committed
-        // before adding.)
-        // return addNoOverwriteNoDups(cmd);
-      } else if (!cmd.allowDups && !cmd.overwritePending && cmd.overwriteCommitted) {
-        rc = addConditionally(cmd);
-        return rc;
+
+      // We can't using iwCommit to protect internal data here, since it would
+      // block other addDoc calls.  Hence, we synchronize to protect internal
+      // state.  This is safe as all other state-changing operations are
+      // protected with iwCommit (which iwAccess excludes from this block).
+      synchronized (this) {
+        if (!cmd.allowDups && !cmd.overwritePending && !cmd.overwriteCommitted) {
+          throw new SolrException(400,"unsupported param combo:" + cmd);
+          // this would need a reader to implement (to be able to check committed
+          // before adding.)
+          // return addNoOverwriteNoDups(cmd);
+        } else if (!cmd.allowDups && !cmd.overwritePending && cmd.overwriteCommitted) {
+          rc = addConditionally(cmd);
       } else if (!cmd.allowDups && cmd.overwritePending && !cmd.overwriteCommitted) {
-        throw new SolrException(400,"unsupported param combo:" + cmd);
-      } else if (!cmd.allowDups && cmd.overwritePending && cmd.overwriteCommitted) {
-        rc = overwriteBoth(cmd);
-        return rc;
-      } else if (cmd.allowDups && !cmd.overwritePending && !cmd.overwriteCommitted) {
-        rc = allowDups(cmd);
-        return rc;
-      } else if (cmd.allowDups && !cmd.overwritePending && cmd.overwriteCommitted) {
-        throw new SolrException(400,"unsupported param combo:" + cmd);
-      } else if (cmd.allowDups && cmd.overwritePending && !cmd.overwriteCommitted) {
-        throw new SolrException(400,"unsupported param combo:" + cmd);
-      } else if (cmd.allowDups && cmd.overwritePending && cmd.overwriteCommitted) {
-        rc = overwriteBoth(cmd);
-        return rc;
-      }
-      throw new SolrException(400,"unsupported param combo:" + cmd);
+          throw new SolrException(400,"unsupported param combo:" + cmd);
+        } else if (!cmd.allowDups && cmd.overwritePending && cmd.overwriteCommitted) {
+          rc = overwriteBoth(cmd);
+        } else if (cmd.allowDups && !cmd.overwritePending && !cmd.overwriteCommitted) {
+          rc = allowDups(cmd);
+        } else if (cmd.allowDups && !cmd.overwritePending && cmd.overwriteCommitted) {
+          throw new SolrException(400,"unsupported param combo:" + cmd);
+        } else if (cmd.allowDups && cmd.overwritePending && !cmd.overwriteCommitted) {
+          throw new SolrException(400,"unsupported param combo:" + cmd);
+        } else if (cmd.allowDups && cmd.overwritePending && cmd.overwriteCommitted) {
+          rc = overwriteBoth(cmd);
+        }
+        if (rc == -1)
+          throw new SolrException(400,"unsupported param combo:" + cmd);
+        
+        if (rc == 1) {
+          // adding document -- prep writer
+          closeSearcher();
+          openWriter();
+          tracker.increment(1);          
+        } else {
+          // exit prematurely
+          return rc;
+        }
+      } // end synchronized block
+
+      // this is the only unsynchronized code in the iwAccess block, which
+      // should account for most of the time
+      assert(rc == 1);
+      writer.addDocument(cmd.doc);
+      
     } finally {
+      iwAccess.unlock();
       if (rc!=1) {
         numErrors.incrementAndGet();
         numErrorsCumulative.incrementAndGet();
@@ -227,6 +266,10 @@ public class DirectUpdateHandler2 extends UpdateHandler {
         numDocsPending.incrementAndGet();
       }
     }
+
+    // might need to commit (wait for searcher if so)
+    checkCommit(true);
+    return rc;
   }
 
 
@@ -246,8 +289,11 @@ public class DirectUpdateHandler2 extends UpdateHandler {
       throw new SolrException(400,"operation not supported" + cmd);
     }
 
-    synchronized(this) {
+    iwCommit.lock();
+    try {
       pset.put(idFieldType.toInternal(cmd.id), ZERO);
+    } finally { 
+      iwCommit.unlock(); 
     }
   }
 
@@ -273,11 +319,12 @@ public class DirectUpdateHandler2 extends UpdateHandler {
      Query q = QueryParsing.parseQuery(cmd.query, schema);
 
      int totDeleted = 0;
-     synchronized(this) {
+     iwCommit.lock();
+     try {
        // we need to do much of the commit logic (mainly doing queued
        // deletes since deleteByQuery can throw off our counts.
        doDeletions();
-
+       
        closeWriter();
        openSearcher();
 
@@ -286,6 +333,8 @@ public class DirectUpdateHandler2 extends UpdateHandler {
        final DeleteHitCollector deleter = new DeleteHitCollector(searcher);
        searcher.search(q, null, deleter);
        totDeleted = deleter.deleted;
+     } finally {
+       iwCommit.unlock();
      }
 
      if (SolrCore.log.isLoggable(Level.FINE)) {
@@ -306,73 +355,63 @@ public class DirectUpdateHandler2 extends UpdateHandler {
   /////////////////// helper method for each add type ///////////////
   ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+  // methods return 1 if the document is to be added; 0 otherwise.
+  // methods must be called in synchronized context
 
   protected int addConditionally(AddUpdateCommand cmd) throws IOException {
     if (cmd.indexedId ==null) {
       cmd.indexedId =getIndexedId(cmd.doc);
     }
-    synchronized(this) {
-      Integer saveCount = pset.get(cmd.indexedId);
-      if (saveCount!=null && saveCount!=0) {
-        // a doc with this id already exists in the pending set
-        return 0;
-      }
-      pset.put(cmd.indexedId, ONE);
-      doAdd(cmd.doc);
-      return 1;
+    Integer saveCount = pset.get(cmd.indexedId);
+    if (saveCount!=null && saveCount!=0) {
+      // a doc with this id already exists in the pending set
+      return 0;
     }
+    pset.put(cmd.indexedId, ONE);
+    return 1;
   }
 
 
   // overwrite both pending and committed
-  protected synchronized int overwriteBoth(AddUpdateCommand cmd) throws IOException {
+  protected int overwriteBoth(AddUpdateCommand cmd) throws IOException {
     if (cmd.indexedId ==null) {
       cmd.indexedId =getIndexedId(cmd.doc);
     }
-    synchronized (this) {
-      pset.put(cmd.indexedId, ONE);
-      doAdd(cmd.doc);
-    }
+    pset.put(cmd.indexedId, ONE);
     return 1;
   }
 
 
   // add without checking
-  protected synchronized int allowDups(AddUpdateCommand cmd) throws IOException {
+  protected int allowDups(AddUpdateCommand cmd) throws IOException {
     if (cmd.indexedId ==null) {
       cmd.indexedId =getIndexedIdOptional(cmd.doc);
     }
-    synchronized(this) {
-      doAdd(cmd.doc);
+    if (cmd.indexedId != null) {
+      Integer saveCount = pset.get(cmd.indexedId);
+      
+      // if there weren't any docs marked for deletion before, then don't mark
+      // any for deletion now.
+      if (saveCount == null) return 1;
 
-      if (cmd.indexedId != null) {
-        Integer saveCount = pset.get(cmd.indexedId);
+      // If there were docs marked for deletion, then increment the number of
+      // docs to save at the end.
 
-        // if there weren't any docs marked for deletion before, then don't mark
-        // any for deletion now.
-        if (saveCount == null) return 1;
+      // the following line is optional, but it saves an allocation in the common case.
+      if (saveCount == ZERO) saveCount=ONE;
+      else saveCount++;
 
-        // If there were docs marked for deletion, then increment the number of
-        // docs to save at the end.
-
-        // the following line is optional, but it saves an allocation in the common case.
-        if (saveCount == ZERO) saveCount=ONE;
-        else saveCount++;
-
-        pset.put(cmd.indexedId, saveCount);
-      }
+      pset.put(cmd.indexedId, saveCount);
     }
     return 1;
   }
 
-  // NOT FOR USE OUTSIDE OF A "synchronized(this)" BLOCK
-  private int[] docnums;
-
   //
   // do all needed deletions.
-  // call in a synchronized context.
+  // call with iwCommit lock held
   //
   protected void doDeletions() throws IOException {
+    int[] docnums = new int[0];
 
     if (pset.size() > 0) { // optimization: only open searcher if there is something to delete...
       log.info("DirectUpdateHandler2 deleting and removing dups for " + pset.size() +" ids");
@@ -449,35 +488,38 @@ public class DirectUpdateHandler2 extends UpdateHandler {
     }
 
     boolean error=true;
+    iwCommit.lock();
     try {
-      synchronized (this) {
-        log.info("start "+cmd);
-        doDeletions();
-
-        if (cmd.optimize) {
-          closeSearcher();
-          openWriter();
-          writer.optimize();
-        }
-
+      log.info("start "+cmd);
+      doDeletions();
+        
+      if (cmd.optimize) {
         closeSearcher();
-        closeWriter();
+        openWriter(); 
+        writer.optimize();
+      }
 
-        callPostCommitCallbacks();
-        if (cmd.optimize) {
-          callPostOptimizeCallbacks();
-        }
-        // open a new searcher in the sync block to avoid opening it
-        // after a deleteByQuery changed the index, or in between deletes
-        // and adds of another commit being done.
-        core.getSearcher(true,false,waitSearcher);
+      closeSearcher();
+      closeWriter();
 
-        log.info("end_commit_flush");
-      }  // end synchronized block
+      callPostCommitCallbacks();
+      if (cmd.optimize) {
+        callPostOptimizeCallbacks();
+      }
+      // open a new searcher in the sync block to avoid opening it
+      // after a deleteByQuery changed the index, or in between deletes
+      // and adds of another commit being done.
+      core.getSearcher(true,false,waitSearcher);
+
+      // reset commit tracking
+      tracker.didCommit();
+
+      log.info("end_commit_flush");
 
       error=false;
     }
     finally {
+      iwCommit.unlock();
       addCommands.set(0);
       deleteByIdCommands.set(0);
       deleteByQueryCommands.set(0);
@@ -502,14 +544,105 @@ public class DirectUpdateHandler2 extends UpdateHandler {
 
   public void close() throws IOException {
     log.info("closing " + this);
-    synchronized(this) {
+    iwCommit.lock();
+    try{
       doDeletions();
       closeSearcher();
       closeWriter();
+    } finally {
+      iwCommit.unlock();
     }
     log.info("closed " + this);
   }
 
+  /** Inform tracker that <code>docs</code> docs have been added.  Will 
+   * perform commit and/or optimize if constraints are satisfied.
+   */
+  protected void checkCommit() throws IOException {
+    checkCommit(false);
+  }
+  protected void checkCommit(boolean waitSearcher) throws IOException {
+    synchronized (tracker) {
+      if (tracker.needCommit()) {
+        CommitUpdateCommand cmd = new CommitUpdateCommand(false);
+        cmd.waitSearcher = waitSearcher;
+        log.info("autocommitting: " + cmd);
+        commit(cmd);
+      } 
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Helper class for tracking autoCommit state.
+   *
+   * Note: This is purely an implementation detail of autoCommit and will
+   * definitely change in the future, so the interface should not be
+   * relied-upon
+   *
+   * Note: all access must be synchronized.
+   */
+  class CommitTracker {
+
+    // settings
+    private final ConstraintTester commitTester;
+
+    // state
+    private long timeOfCommit;
+    private long docsSinceCommit;    
+    private boolean needCommit;
+
+    public CommitTracker() {
+      timeOfCommit = timestamp();
+      docsSinceCommit = 0;
+      needCommit = false;
+
+      commitTester = new ConstraintTester(
+         SolrConfig.config.getInt("updateHandler/autoCommit/maxDocs", -1));
+      SolrCore.log.info("autocommit if " + commitTester);
+    }
+
+    /** Indicate that <code>count</code> docs have been added.  May set
+     * <code>needCommit()</code> and perhaps also <code>needOptimize</code>
+     */
+    public void increment(int count) {
+      docsSinceCommit += count;
+      if (docsSinceCommit > 0) {
+        needCommit = commitTester.testConstraints(docsSinceCommit);
+      }
+    }
+
+    /** @return true if commit is needed */
+    public boolean needCommit() { return needCommit; }
+    
+    /** Inform tracker that a commit has occurred */
+    public void didCommit() {
+      didCommit(docsSinceCommit);
+    }
+    public void didCommit(long docsCommitted) {
+      timeOfCommit = timestamp();
+      docsSinceCommit -= docsCommitted;
+      needCommit = false;
+
+    }    
+
+    /** @return milliseconds since epoch */
+    private long timestamp() { return System.currentTimeMillis();}
+
+    class ConstraintTester {
+      private long docsUpperBound = -1;
+      public ConstraintTester(long docsUpperBound) {
+        this.docsUpperBound = docsUpperBound;
+      }
+      private boolean checkDocsUpper(long docs) {
+        return docsUpperBound == -1 ? false : docsUpperBound <= docs;
+      }
+      public boolean testConstraints(long docs) {
+        return checkDocsUpper(docs);
+      }
+      public String toString() {
+        return docsUpperBound != -1 ? "docs >= " + docsUpperBound : "{no doc limit}" ;
+      }
+    }
+  }
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   // SolrInfoMBean stuff: Statistics and Module Info
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/solr/BasicFunctionalityTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/solr/BasicFunctionalityTest.java
index 6a3627f93b0..b22edd16b3f 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/solr/BasicFunctionalityTest.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/solr/BasicFunctionalityTest.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class BasicFunctionalityTest extends AbstractSolrTestCase {
 
     // big freaking kludge since the response is currently not well formed.
     String res = h.update("<add><doc><field name=\"id\">1</field></doc><doc><field name=\"id\">2</field></doc></add>");
-    assertEquals("<result status=\"0\"></result><result status=\"0\"></result>", res);
+    assertEquals("<result status=\"0\"></result>", res);
     assertU("<commit/>");
     assertQ(req("id:[0 TO 99]")
             ,"//*[@numFound='2']"
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class BasicFunctionalityTest extends AbstractSolrTestCase {
                                           "<field name=\"text\">hello</field></doc>" + 
                           "</add>");
 
-    assertEquals("<result status=\"0\"></result><result status=\"0\"></result>", res);
+    assertEquals("<result status=\"0\"></result>", res);
     assertU("<commit/>");
     assertQ(req("text:hello")
             ,"//*[@numFound='2']"
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public class BasicFunctionalityTest extends AbstractSolrTestCase {
                                       "<field boost=\"2.0\" name=\"text\">hello</field></doc>" + 
                           "</add>");
 
-    assertEquals("<result status=\"0\"></result><result status=\"0\"></result>", res);
+    assertEquals("<result status=\"0\"></result>", res);
     assertU("<commit/>");
     assertQ(req("text:hello"),
             "//*[@numFound='2']"
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ public class BasicFunctionalityTest extends AbstractSolrTestCase {
     assertTrue( resp.indexOf("id=2") < resp.indexOf("id=1") );
   }
 
-
   public void testXMLWriter() throws Exception {
 
     SolrQueryResponse rsp = new SolrQueryResponse();
diff --git a/src/test/test-files/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml b/src/test/test-files/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 62498ca595a..724976a6dcb 100644
--- a/src/test/test-files/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/src/test/test-files/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -42,16 +42,19 @@
 
   <updateHandler class="solr.DirectUpdateHandler2">
 
-    <!-- autocommit pending docs if certain criteria are met -->
-    <autocommit>  <!-- NOTE: autocommit not implemented yet -->
+    <!-- autocommit pending docs if certain criteria are met 
+         NOTE: maxSecs not implemented yet 
+    <autoCommit> 
       <maxDocs>10000</maxDocs>
-      <maxSec>3600</maxSec>
-    </autocommit>
+      <maxSec>3600</maxSec>  
+    </autoCommit>
+    -->
 
     <!-- represents a lower bound on the frequency that commits may
     occur (in seconds). NOTE: not yet implemented
-    -->
+    
     <commitIntervalLowerBound>0</commitIntervalLowerBound>
+    -->
 
     <!-- The RunExecutableListener executes an external command.
          exe - the name of the executable to run