diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2298aeb2fdd45..1acf5fd1f3df8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -177,10 +177,11 @@ To contribute to Rust, please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 Rust has an [IRC] culture and most real-time collaboration happens in a
 variety of channels on Mozilla's IRC network, irc.mozilla.org. The
 most popular channel is [#rust], a venue for general discussion about
-Rust, and a good place to ask for help.
+Rust. And a good place to ask for help would be [#rust-beginners].
 
 [IRC]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
 [#rust]: irc://irc.mozilla.org/rust
+[#rust-beginners]: irc://irc.mozilla.org/rust-beginners
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/src/doc/book/getting-started.md b/src/doc/book/getting-started.md
index 16c43b5e7a569..16141d936ebcc 100644
--- a/src/doc/book/getting-started.md
+++ b/src/doc/book/getting-started.md
@@ -164,13 +164,15 @@ installed. Doing so will depend on your specific system, consult its
 documentation for more details.
 
 If not, there are a number of places where we can get help. The easiest is
-[the #rust IRC channel on irc.mozilla.org][irc], which we can access through
-[Mibbit][mibbit]. Click that link, and we'll be chatting with other Rustaceans
-(a silly nickname we call ourselves) who can help us out. Other great resources
-include [the user’s forum][users], and [Stack Overflow][stackoverflow].
+[the #rust-beginners IRC channel on irc.mozilla.org][irc-beginners] and for
+general discussion [the #rust IRC channel on irc.mozilla.org][irc], which we
+can access through [Mibbit][mibbit]. Then we'll be chatting with other
+Rustaceans (a silly nickname we call ourselves) who can help us out. Other great
+resources include [the user’s forum][users] and [Stack Overflow][stackoverflow].
 
+[irc-beginners]: irc://irc.mozilla.org/#rust-beginners
 [irc]: irc://irc.mozilla.org/#rust
-[mibbit]: http://chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust
+[mibbit]: http://chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.mozilla.org&channel=%23rust-beginners,%23rust
 [users]: https://users.rust-lang.org/
 [stackoverflow]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/rust
 
diff --git a/src/doc/nomicon/vec.md b/src/doc/nomicon/vec.md
index 63f83788c4bac..691301946de4b 100644
--- a/src/doc/nomicon/vec.md
+++ b/src/doc/nomicon/vec.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 To bring everything together, we're going to write `std::Vec` from scratch.
 Because all the best tools for writing unsafe code are unstable, this
-project will only work on nightly (as of Rust 1.2.0). With the exception of the
+project will only work on nightly (as of Rust 1.9.0). With the exception of the
 allocator API, much of the unstable code we'll use is expected to be stabilized
 in a similar form as it is today.
 
diff --git a/src/libcore/cell.rs b/src/libcore/cell.rs
index 4a9a148506343..b2cbc29b1c74c 100644
--- a/src/libcore/cell.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/cell.rs
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@
 use clone::Clone;
 use cmp::{PartialEq, Eq};
 use default::Default;
-use marker::{Copy, Send, Sync, Sized};
-use ops::{Deref, DerefMut, Drop, FnOnce};
+use marker::{Copy, Send, Sync, Sized, Unsize};
+use ops::{Deref, DerefMut, Drop, FnOnce, CoerceUnsized};
 use option::Option;
 use option::Option::{None, Some};
 
@@ -634,6 +634,9 @@ impl<'b, T: ?Sized> Ref<'b, T> {
     }
 }
 
+#[unstable(feature = "coerce_unsized", issue = "27732")]
+impl<'b, T: ?Sized + Unsize<U>, U: ?Sized> CoerceUnsized<Ref<'b, U>> for Ref<'b, T> {}
+
 impl<'b, T: ?Sized> RefMut<'b, T> {
     /// Make a new `RefMut` for a component of the borrowed data, e.g. an enum
     /// variant.
@@ -766,6 +769,9 @@ impl<'b, T: ?Sized> DerefMut for RefMut<'b, T> {
     }
 }
 
+#[unstable(feature = "coerce_unsized", issue = "27732")]
+impl<'b, T: ?Sized + Unsize<U>, U: ?Sized> CoerceUnsized<RefMut<'b, U>> for RefMut<'b, T> {}
+
 /// The core primitive for interior mutability in Rust.
 ///
 /// `UnsafeCell<T>` is a type that wraps some `T` and indicates unsafe interior operations on the
diff --git a/src/libcore/sync/atomic.rs b/src/libcore/sync/atomic.rs
index 7ae129eaf4878..d2e98a795d935 100644
--- a/src/libcore/sync/atomic.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/sync/atomic.rs
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ impl AtomicIsize {
         unsafe { atomic_compare_exchange(self.v.get(), current, new, success, failure) }
     }
 
-    /// Stores a value into the `isize if the current value is the same as the `current` value.
+    /// Stores a value into the `isize` if the current value is the same as the `current` value.
     ///
     /// Unlike `compare_exchange`, this function is allowed to spuriously fail even when the
     /// comparison succeeds, which can result in more efficient code on some platforms. The
diff --git a/src/libcoretest/cell.rs b/src/libcoretest/cell.rs
index cafffb5266f91..c0b22274ee9d6 100644
--- a/src/libcoretest/cell.rs
+++ b/src/libcoretest/cell.rs
@@ -261,3 +261,23 @@ fn refcell_unsized() {
     let comp: &mut [i32] = &mut [4, 2, 5];
     assert_eq!(&*cell.borrow(), comp);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn refcell_ref_coercion() {
+    let cell: RefCell<[i32; 3]> = RefCell::new([1, 2, 3]);
+    {
+        let mut cellref: RefMut<[i32; 3]> = cell.borrow_mut();
+        cellref[0] = 4;
+        let mut coerced: RefMut<[i32]> = cellref;
+        coerced[2] = 5;
+    }
+    {
+        let comp: &mut [i32] = &mut [4, 2, 5];
+        let cellref: Ref<[i32; 3]> = cell.borrow();
+        assert_eq!(&*cellref, comp);
+        let coerced: Ref<[i32]> = cellref;
+        assert_eq!(&*coerced, comp);
+    }
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs b/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs
index 117b1119c0a99..6f06efd0f9f26 100644
--- a/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/diagnostics.rs
@@ -1033,6 +1033,47 @@ fn main() {
     some_func(5i32); // ok!
 }
 ```
+
+Or in a generic context, an erroneous code example would look like:
+```compile_fail
+fn some_func<T>(foo: T) {
+    println!("{:?}", foo); // error: the trait `core::fmt::Debug` is not
+                           //        implemented for the type `T`
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    // We now call the method with the i32 type,
+    // which *does* implement the Debug trait.
+    some_func(5i32);
+}
+```
+
+Note that the error here is in the definition of the generic function: Although
+we only call it with a parameter that does implement `Debug`, the compiler
+still rejects the function: It must work with all possible input types. In
+order to make this example compile, we need to restrict the generic type we're
+accepting:
+```
+use std::fmt;
+
+// Restrict the input type to types that implement Debug.
+fn some_func<T: fmt::Debug>(foo: T) {
+    println!("{:?}", foo);
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    // Calling the method is still fine, as i32 implements Debug.
+    some_func(5i32);
+
+    // This would fail to compile now:
+    // struct WithoutDebug;
+    // some_func(WithoutDebug);
+}
+
+Rust only looks at the signature of the called function, as such it must
+already specify all requirements that will be used for every type parameter.
+```
+
 "##,
 
 E0281: r##"
diff --git a/src/librustc_front/hir.rs b/src/librustc_front/hir.rs
index cd8fb09406e47..86f8635f58d9a 100644
--- a/src/librustc_front/hir.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_front/hir.rs
@@ -931,7 +931,6 @@ pub struct TypeBinding {
 }
 
 
-// NB PartialEq method appears below.
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, RustcEncodable, RustcDecodable, Hash)]
 pub struct Ty {
     pub id: NodeId,
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/check/method/suggest.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/check/method/suggest.rs
index f1d67883117ec..4d806bda48426 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/check/method/suggest.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/check/method/suggest.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ use super::probe::Mode;
 
 fn is_fn_ty<'a, 'tcx>(ty: &Ty<'tcx>, fcx: &FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx>, span: Span) -> bool {
     let cx = fcx.tcx();
-    println!("{:?}", ty);
     match ty.sty {
         // Not all of these (e.g. unsafe fns) implement FnOnce
         // so we look for these beforehand
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/thread.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/thread.rs
index bb8200ff8597a..c98e42faba7c2 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/thread.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/ext/thread.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pub trait JoinHandleExt {
     ///
     /// This function **transfers ownership** of the underlying pthread_t to
     /// the caller. Callers are then the unique owners of the pthread_t and
-    /// must either detech or join the pthread_t once it's no longer needed.
+    /// must either detach or join the pthread_t once it's no longer needed.
     fn into_pthread_t(self) -> RawPthread;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/snapshots.txt b/src/snapshots.txt
index 200ea97880be6..d1a2ab464cba7 100644
--- a/src/snapshots.txt
+++ b/src/snapshots.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ S 2016-03-18 235d774
   winnt-i386 7703869608cc4192b8f1943e51b19ba1a03c0110
   winnt-x86_64 8512b5ecc0c53a2cd3552e4f5688577de95cd978
   openbsd-x86_64 c5b6feda38138a12cd5c05574b585dadebbb5e87
+  freebsd-x86_64 390b9a9f60f3d0d6a52c04d939a0355f572d03b3
 
 S 2016-02-17 4d3eebf
   linux-i386 5f194aa7628c0703f0fd48adc4ec7f3cc64b98c7