diff --git a/examples/embedded/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/embedded/FastFileServer.java b/examples/embedded/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/embedded/FastFileServer.java
index dd819acdf7b..bd97d2878fa 100644
--- a/examples/embedded/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/embedded/FastFileServer.java
+++ b/examples/embedded/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/embedded/FastFileServer.java
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ public class FastFileServer
             // send "medium" files from an input stream
             if (file.length()<MEDIUM)
             {
+                // the file channel is closed by the async send
                 ((HttpOutput)response.getOutputStream()).sendContent(FileChannel.open(file.toPath(),StandardOpenOption.READ),completionCB);
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpOutput.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpOutput.java
index d12dee756c0..db48bdbdacf 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpOutput.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpOutput.java
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ public class HttpOutput extends ServletOutputStream
         ReadableByteChannel rbc=httpContent.getReadableByteChannel();
         if (rbc!=null)
         {
+            // Close of the rbc is done by the async sendContent
             sendContent(rbc,callback);
             return;
         }
@@ -475,6 +476,8 @@ public class HttpOutput extends ServletOutputStream
         @Override
         protected boolean process() throws Exception
         {
+            // Only return if EOF has previously been read and thus
+            // a write done with EOF=true
             if (_eof)
             {
                 // Handle EOF
@@ -484,21 +487,15 @@ public class HttpOutput extends ServletOutputStream
                 return true;
             }
             
-            int len=_in.read(_buffer.array(),0,_buffer.capacity());
-            
-            if (len<0)
+            // Read until buffer full or EOF
+            int len=0;
+            while (len<_buffer.capacity() && !_eof)
             {
-                _eof=true;
-                len=0;
-            }
-            else if (len<_buffer.capacity())
-            {
-                // read ahead for EOF to try for single commit
-                int len2=_in.read(_buffer.array(),len,_buffer.capacity()-len);
-                if (len2<0)
+                int r=_in.read(_buffer.array(),0,_buffer.capacity()-len);
+                if (r<0)
                     _eof=true;
                 else
-                    len+=len2;
+                    len+=r;
             }
 
             // write what we have
@@ -550,6 +547,8 @@ public class HttpOutput extends ServletOutputStream
         @Override
         protected boolean process() throws Exception
         {
+            // Only return if EOF has previously been read and thus
+            // a write done with EOF=true
             if (_eof)
             {
                 _in.close();
@@ -558,23 +557,10 @@ public class HttpOutput extends ServletOutputStream
                 return true;
             }
             
+            // Read from stream until buffer full or EOF
             _buffer.clear();
-            int len=_in.read(_buffer);
-            
-            if (len<0)
-            {
-                _eof=true;
-                len=0;         
-            }
-            else if (len<_buffer.capacity())
-            {
-                // read ahead for EOF to try for single commit
-                int len2=_in.read(_buffer);
-                if (len2<0)
-                    _eof=true;
-                else
-                    len+=len2;
-            }
+            while (_buffer.hasRemaining() && !_eof)
+              _eof = (_in.read(_buffer)) <  0;
             
             // write what we have
             _buffer.flip();
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ResourceHandler.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ResourceHandler.java
index c2eb255dcee..f3bc5df5071 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ResourceHandler.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ResourceHandler.java
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ public class ResourceHandler extends HandlerWrapper
                 }
                 else  // Do a blocking write of a channel (if available) or input stream
                 {
+                    // Close of the channel/inputstream is done by the async sendContent
                     ReadableByteChannel channel= resource.getReadableByteChannel();
                     if (channel!=null)
                         ((HttpOutput)out).sendContent(channel,callback);