diff --git a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ArrayDecoders.java b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ArrayDecoders.java
index f3241de5095c..9bf14396263a 100644
--- a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ArrayDecoders.java
+++ b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/ArrayDecoders.java
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@
 @CheckReturnValue
 final class ArrayDecoders {
 
-  private ArrayDecoders() {
-  }
+  private ArrayDecoders() {}
 
   /**
    * A helper used to return multiple values in a Java function. Java doesn't natively support
diff --git a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/InvalidProtocolBufferException.java b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/InvalidProtocolBufferException.java
index 5d10e48884c1..dbcb9e899dbe 100644
--- a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/InvalidProtocolBufferException.java
+++ b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/InvalidProtocolBufferException.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public InvalidWireTypeException(String description) {
   static InvalidProtocolBufferException recursionLimitExceeded() {
     return new InvalidProtocolBufferException(
         "Protocol message had too many levels of nesting.  May be malicious.  "
-            + "Use CodedInputStream.setRecursionLimit() to increase the depth limit.");
+            + "Use setRecursionLimit() to increase the recursion depth limit.");
   }
 
   static InvalidProtocolBufferException sizeLimitExceeded() {
diff --git a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageSchema.java b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageSchema.java
index de3890f7023a..f8f79fcdf8b4 100644
--- a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageSchema.java
+++ b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageSchema.java
@@ -3006,6 +3006,7 @@ private <UT, UB, ET extends FieldDescriptorLite<ET>> void mergeFromHelper(
               unknownFields = unknownFieldSchema.getBuilderFromMessage(message);
             }
             // Unknown field.
+
             if (unknownFieldSchema.mergeOneFieldFrom(unknownFields, reader)) {
               continue;
             }
@@ -3381,6 +3382,7 @@ private <UT, UB, ET extends FieldDescriptorLite<ET>> void mergeFromHelper(
               if (unknownFields == null) {
                 unknownFields = unknownFieldSchema.getBuilderFromMessage(message);
               }
+
               if (!unknownFieldSchema.mergeOneFieldFrom(unknownFields, reader)) {
                 return;
               }
@@ -3397,6 +3399,7 @@ private <UT, UB, ET extends FieldDescriptorLite<ET>> void mergeFromHelper(
             if (unknownFields == null) {
               unknownFields = unknownFieldSchema.getBuilderFromMessage(message);
             }
+
             if (!unknownFieldSchema.mergeOneFieldFrom(unknownFields, reader)) {
               return;
             }
diff --git a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageSetSchema.java b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageSetSchema.java
index eec3acd35ca7..a17037e8efd4 100644
--- a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageSetSchema.java
+++ b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageSetSchema.java
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ boolean parseMessageSetItemOrUnknownField(
               reader, extension, extensionRegistry, extensions);
           return true;
         } else {
+
           return unknownFieldSchema.mergeOneFieldFrom(unknownFields, reader);
         }
       } else {
diff --git a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/UnknownFieldSchema.java b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/UnknownFieldSchema.java
index c4ec645bf7fc..a43bc2a9472d 100644
--- a/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/UnknownFieldSchema.java
+++ b/java/core/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/UnknownFieldSchema.java
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ abstract class UnknownFieldSchema<T, B> {
   /** Marks unknown fields as immutable. */
   abstract void makeImmutable(Object message);
 
-  /** Merges one field into the unknown fields. */
   final boolean mergeOneFieldFrom(B unknownFields, Reader reader) throws IOException {
     int tag = reader.getTag();
     int fieldNumber = WireFormat.getTagFieldNumber(tag);
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ final boolean mergeOneFieldFrom(B unknownFields, Reader reader) throws IOExcepti
     }
   }
 
-  final void mergeFrom(B unknownFields, Reader reader) throws IOException {
+  private final void mergeFrom(B unknownFields, Reader reader) throws IOException {
     while (true) {
       if (reader.getFieldNumber() == Reader.READ_DONE
           || !mergeOneFieldFrom(unknownFields, reader)) {
diff --git a/java/lite/src/test/java/com/google/protobuf/LiteTest.java b/java/lite/src/test/java/com/google/protobuf/LiteTest.java
index 00b22ce5ebd0..61009df109d4 100644
--- a/java/lite/src/test/java/com/google/protobuf/LiteTest.java
+++ b/java/lite/src/test/java/com/google/protobuf/LiteTest.java
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertWithMessage;
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
 
 import com.google.protobuf.FieldPresenceTestProto.TestAllTypes;
 import com.google.protobuf.UnittestImportLite.ImportEnumLite;
 import com.google.protobuf.UnittestImportPublicLite.PublicImportMessageLite;
 import com.google.protobuf.UnittestLite.ForeignEnumLite;
 import com.google.protobuf.UnittestLite.ForeignMessageLite;
+import com.google.protobuf.UnittestLite.RecursiveGroup;
 import com.google.protobuf.UnittestLite.RecursiveMessage;
 import com.google.protobuf.UnittestLite.TestAllExtensionsLite;
 import com.google.protobuf.UnittestLite.TestAllTypesLite;
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/unittest_lite.proto b/src/google/protobuf/unittest_lite.proto
index 0ea2cfcd35a1..2402cbe03391 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/unittest_lite.proto
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/unittest_lite.proto
@@ -506,3 +506,7 @@ message RecursiveMessage {
   optional RecursiveMessage recurse = 1;
   optional bytes payload = 2;
 }
+
+message RecursiveGroup {
+  RecursiveGroup recurse = 1 [features.message_encoding = DELIMITED];
+}