diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/SyncStrategy.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/SyncStrategy.java
index 25136e3b68f..4f4a808835e 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/SyncStrategy.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/SyncStrategy.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class SyncStrategy {
         syncToMe(zkController, collection, shardId, leaderProps, core.getCoreDescriptor());
         
       } else {
-        log.info("Leader's attempt to sync with shard failed, moving to the next canidate");
+        log.info("Leader's attempt to sync with shard failed, moving to the next candidate");
         // lets see who seems ahead...
       }
       
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/processor/DistributedUpdateProcessor.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/processor/DistributedUpdateProcessor.java
index edafb2ba30d..b78766f16cf 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/processor/DistributedUpdateProcessor.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/processor/DistributedUpdateProcessor.java
@@ -844,9 +844,11 @@ public class DistributedUpdateProcessor extends UpdateRequestProcessor {
   }
 
   private void passParam(SolrParams params, ModifiableSolrParams fparams, String param) {
-    String value = params.get(param);
-    if (value != null) {
-      fparams.add(param, value);
+    String[] values = params.getParams(param);
+    if (values != null) {
+      for (String value : values) {
+        fparams.add(param, value);
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/solr/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase.java b/solr/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase.java
index ec05e54f7e2..0b6169a7c7a 100644
--- a/solr/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase.java
+++ b/solr/test-framework/src/java/org/apache/solr/cloud/AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase.java
@@ -971,6 +971,46 @@ public abstract class AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase extends AbstractDistribZkTes
     
   }
   
+  public void showCounts() {
+    Set<String> theShards = shardToJetty.keySet();
+    
+    for (String shard : theShards) {
+      List<CloudJettyRunner> solrJetties = shardToJetty.get(shard);
+      
+      for (CloudJettyRunner cjetty : solrJetties) {
+        ZkNodeProps props = cjetty.info;
+        System.err.println("PROPS:" + props);
+        
+        try {
+          SolrParams query = params("q", "*:*", "rows", "0", "distrib",
+              "false", "tests", "checkShardConsistency"); // "tests" is just a
+                                                          // tag that won't do
+                                                          // anything except be
+                                                          // echoed in logs
+          long num = cjetty.client.solrClient.query(query).getResults()
+              .getNumFound();
+          System.err.println("DOCS:" + num);
+        } catch (SolrServerException e) {
+          System.err.println("error contacting client: " + e.getMessage()
+              + "\n");
+          continue;
+        } catch (SolrException e) {
+          System.err.println("error contacting client: " + e.getMessage()
+              + "\n");
+          continue;
+        }
+        boolean live = false;
+        String nodeName = props.getStr(ZkStateReader.NODE_NAME_PROP);
+        ZkStateReader zkStateReader = cloudClient.getZkStateReader();
+        if (zkStateReader.getClusterState().liveNodesContain(nodeName)) {
+          live = true;
+        }
+        System.err.println(" live:" + live);
+        
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
   private String toStr(SolrDocumentList lst, int maxSz) {
     if (lst.size() <= maxSz) return lst.toString();