2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/mailman/docs/NEWS.rst b/src/mailman/docs/NEWS.rst
index 74d124f4e..3ecb38ec4 100644
--- a/src/mailman/docs/NEWS.rst
+++ b/src/mailman/docs/NEWS.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Architecture
    by the user, and approval by the moderator using unique tokens.
    ``IMailingList`` objects now have a ``subscription_policy`` attribute.
    (LP: #1095552)
+ * Port the REST machinery to Falcon 0.3. (LP: #1446881)
 
 Bugs
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diff --git a/src/mailman/rest/wsgiapp.py b/src/mailman/rest/wsgiapp.py
index 47ee6a879..15a4cf60a 100644
--- a/src/mailman/rest/wsgiapp.py
+++ b/src/mailman/rest/wsgiapp.py
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ class RootedAPI(API):
 
     @transactional
     def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
-        """See `RestishApp`."""
+        # The only difference between this and the super class's wsgi API is
+        # that this wraps a transactional handler around the call.  If an
+        # error occurs, the current transaction is aborted, otherwise it is
+        # committed.
         return super(RootedAPI, self).__call__(
             environ, start_response)
 
@@ -129,8 +132,7 @@ class RootedAPI(API):
                 if len(path_segments) == 0:
                     # We're at the end of the path, so the root must be the
                     # responder.
-                    method_map = create_http_method_map(
-                        resource, None, None, None)
+                    method_map = create_http_method_map(resource, None, None)
                     responder = method_map[method]
                     return responder, {}, resource
                 this_segment = path_segments.pop(0)