diff --git a/docs/releasenotes.html b/docs/releasenotes.html
index 01f5993fa..822a1a1ea 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes.html
+++ b/docs/releasenotes.html
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@
           <li class="body">Added NPathComplexity check from Simon
           Harris (request 750757)</li>
 
+          <li class="body">Added several more log() method to 
+          AbtractViolationReporter. (request 843551)</li>
+
         </ul>
 
       <p class="body">
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/AbstractViolationReporter.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/AbstractViolationReporter.java
index fab27a9e6..aa0193f48 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/AbstractViolationReporter.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/api/AbstractViolationReporter.java
@@ -116,6 +116,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractViolationReporter
         log(aLineNo, aColNo, aKey, EMPTY_OBJECT_ARRAY);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Helper method to log a LocalizedMessage.
+     *
+     * @param aAST a node to get line and column numbers associated
+     *             with the message
+     * @param aKey key to locale message format
+     */
+    protected final void log(DetailAST aAST, String aKey)
+    {
+        log(aAST.getLineNo(), aAST.getColumnNo(), aKey);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Helper method to log a LocalizedMessage.
      *
@@ -130,6 +142,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractViolationReporter
         log(aLineNo, aColNo, aKey, new Object[] {aArg0});
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Helper method to log a LocalizedMessage.
+     *
+     * @param aAST a node to get line and column numbers associated
+     *             with the message
+     * @param aKey key to locale message format
+     * @param aArg0 an <code>Object</code> value
+     */
+    protected final void log(DetailAST aAST, String aKey, Object aArg0)
+    {
+        log(aAST.getLineNo(), aAST.getColumnNo(), aKey, aArg0);
+    }
     /**
      * Helper method to log a LocalizedMessage.
      *
@@ -145,6 +169,20 @@ public abstract class AbstractViolationReporter
         log(aLineNo, aColNo, aKey, new Object[] {aArg0, aArg1});
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Helper method to log a LocalizedMessage.
+     *
+     * @param aAST a node to get line and column numbers associated
+     *             with the message
+     * @param aKey key to locale message format
+     * @param aArg0 an <code>Object</code> value
+     * @param aArg1 an <code>Object</code> value
+     */
+    protected final void log(DetailAST aAST, String aKey,
+                             Object aArg0, Object aArg1)
+    {
+        log(aAST.getLineNo(), aAST.getColumnNo(), aKey, aArg0, aArg1);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Returns the message bundle name resourcebundle that contains the messages
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/DeclarationOrderCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/DeclarationOrderCheck.java
index 393e3dca4..28ecea855 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/DeclarationOrderCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/DeclarationOrderCheck.java
@@ -185,14 +185,4 @@ public class DeclarationOrderCheck extends Check
         default:
         }
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Our own logging method
-     * @param aAST The AST to log
-     * @param aError The type of error to log
-     */
-    private void log(DetailAST aAST, String aError)
-    {
-        log(aAST.getLineNo(), aAST.getColumnNo(), aError);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/metrics/AbstractComplexityCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/metrics/AbstractComplexityCheck.java
index d23dc983b..cef9dba78 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/metrics/AbstractComplexityCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/metrics/AbstractComplexityCheck.java
@@ -194,9 +194,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractComplexityCheck
     private void leaveMethodDef(DetailAST aAST)
     {
         if (mCurrentValue > mMax) {
-            log(aAST.getLineNo(),
-                aAST.getColumnNo(),
-                getMessageID(),
+            log(aAST, getMessageID(),
                 new Integer(mCurrentValue),
                 new Integer(mMax));
         }