diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/ContainerDebugCommand.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/ContainerDebugCommand.php
index 64765c909609..fee2c6543e30 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/ContainerDebugCommand.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/ContainerDebugCommand.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ protected function configure()
                 new InputOption('tags', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Displays tagged services for an application'),
                 new InputOption('parameter', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Displays a specific parameter for an application'),
                 new InputOption('parameters', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Displays parameters for an application'),
-                new InputOption('format', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'To output description in other formats'),
+                new InputOption('format', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'To output description in other formats', 'txt'),
                 new InputOption('raw', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'To output raw description'),
             ))
             ->setDescription('Displays current services for an application')
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
         }
 
         $helper = new DescriptorHelper();
-        $helper->describe($output, $object, $input->getOption('format'), $input->getOption('raw'), $options);
+        $options['format'] = $input->getOption('format');
+        $options['raw_text'] = $input->getOption('raw');
+        $helper->describe($output, $object, $options);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/RouterDebugCommand.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/RouterDebugCommand.php
index 4a4971542997..e4b49a267989 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/RouterDebugCommand.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Command/RouterDebugCommand.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouterInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;
 
 /**
  * A console command for retrieving information about routes
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ protected function configure()
             ->setDefinition(array(
                 new InputArgument('name', InputArgument::OPTIONAL, 'A route name'),
                 new InputOption('show-controllers', null,  InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Show assigned controllers in overview'),
-                new InputOption('format', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'To output route(s) in other formats'),
+                new InputOption('format', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'To output route(s) in other formats', 'txt'),
                 new InputOption('raw', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'To output raw route(s)'),
             ))
             ->setDescription('Displays current routes for an application')
@@ -80,9 +81,19 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             if (!$route) {
                 throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The route "%s" does not exist.', $name));
             }
-            $helper->describe($output, $route, $input->getOption('format'), $input->getOption('raw'), array('name' => $name));
+            $this->convertController($route);
+            $helper->describe($output, $route, array(
+                'format'   => $input->getOption('format'),
+                'raw_text' => $input->getOption('raw'),
+                'name'     => $name,
+            ));
         } else {
             $routes = $this->getContainer()->get('router')->getRouteCollection();
+
+            foreach ($routes as $route) {
+                $this->convertController($route);
+            }
+
             $helper->describe($output, $routes, array(
                 'format'           => $input->getOption('format'),
                 'raw_text'         => $input->getOption('raw'),
@@ -90,4 +101,15 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             ));
         }
     }
+
+    private function convertController(Route $route)
+    {
+        $nameParser = $this->getContainer()->get('controller_name_converter');
+        if ($route->hasDefault('_controller')) {
+            try {
+                $route->setDefault('_controller', $nameParser->build($route->getDefault('_controller')));
+            } catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/JsonDescriptor.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/JsonDescriptor.php
index bfd71972cf33..81315a62f194 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/JsonDescriptor.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/JsonDescriptor.php
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Console\Descriptor;
 
+if (!defined('JSON_PRETTY_PRINT')) {
+    define('JSON_PRETTY_PRINT', 128);
+}
+
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Alias;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Definition;
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ protected function describeContainerAlias(Alias $alias, array $options = array()
      */
     private function writeData(array $data, array $options)
     {
-        $this->write(json_encode($data, isset($options['json_encoding']) ? $options['json_encoding'] : 0));
+        $this->write(json_encode($data, (isset($options['json_encoding']) ? $options['json_encoding'] : 0) | JSON_PRETTY_PRINT)."\n");
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/MarkdownDescriptor.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/MarkdownDescriptor.php
index d3210e0c61d2..c2a7bb1ebb55 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/MarkdownDescriptor.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/MarkdownDescriptor.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ protected function describeRouteCollection(RouteCollection $routes, array $optio
             }
             $this->describeRoute($route, array('name' => $name));
         }
+        $this->write("\n");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -49,8 +50,9 @@ protected function describeRoute(Route $route, array $options = array())
             ."\n".'- Path-Regex: '.$route->compile()->getRegex();
 
         $this->write(isset($options['name'])
-            ? $options['name']."\n".str_repeat('-', strlen($options['name']))."\n".$output
+            ? $options['name']."\n".str_repeat('-', strlen($options['name']))."\n\n".$output
             : $output);
+        $this->write("\n");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -133,17 +135,17 @@ protected function describeContainerServices(ContainerBuilder $builder, array $o
         }
 
         if (!empty($services['definitions'])) {
-            $this->write("\n\nDefinitions\n-----------");
+            $this->write("\n\nDefinitions\n-----------\n");
             foreach ($services['definitions'] as $id => $service) {
-                $this->write("\n\n");
+                $this->write("\n");
                 $this->describeContainerDefinition($service, array('id' => $id));
             }
         }
 
         if (!empty($services['aliases'])) {
-            $this->write("\n\nAliases\n-------");
+            $this->write("\n\nAliases\n-------\n");
             foreach ($services['aliases'] as $id => $service) {
-                $this->write("\n\n");
+                $this->write("\n");
                 $this->describeContainerAlias($service, array('id' => $id));
             }
         }
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ protected function describeContainerDefinition(Definition $definition, array $op
             }
         }
 
-        $this->write(isset($options['id']) ? sprintf("**`%s`:**\n%s", $options['id'], $output) : $output);
+        $this->write(isset($options['id']) ? sprintf("%s\n%s\n\n%s\n", $options['id'], str_repeat('~', strlen($options['id'])), $output) : $output);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ protected function describeContainerAlias(Alias $alias, array $options = array()
         $output = '- Service: `'.$alias.'`'
             ."\n".'- Public: '.($alias->isPublic() ? 'yes' : 'no');
 
-        $this->write(isset($options['id']) ? sprintf("**`%s`:**\n%s", $options['id'], $output) : $output);
+        $this->write(isset($options['id']) ? sprintf("%s\n%s\n\n%s\n", $options['id'], str_repeat('~', strlen($options['id'])), $output) : $output);
     }
 
     private function formatRouterConfig(array $array)
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
index ce53d832044e..15a99175f578 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/FrameworkBundle/Console/Descriptor/TextDescriptor.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ protected function describeRouteCollection(RouteCollection $routes, array $optio
         $showControllers = isset($options['show_controllers']) && $options['show_controllers'];
         $headers = array('Name', 'Method', 'Scheme', 'Host', 'Path');
         $table = new TableHelper();
+        $table->setLayout(TableHelper::LAYOUT_COMPACT);
         $table->setHeaders($showControllers ? array_merge($headers, array('Controller')) : $headers);
 
         foreach ($routes->all() as $name => $route) {
@@ -35,14 +36,11 @@ protected function describeRouteCollection(RouteCollection $routes, array $optio
             );
 
             if ($showControllers) {
-                $defaultData = $route->getDefaults();
-                $controller = $defaultData['_controller'] ? $defaultData['_controller'] : '';
+                $controller = $route->getDefault('_controller');
                 if ($controller instanceof \Closure) {
                     $controller = 'Closure';
-                } else {
-                    if (is_object($controller)) {
-                        $controller = get_class($controller);
-                    }
+                } elseif (is_object($controller)) {
+                    $controller = get_class($controller);
                 }
                 $row[] = $controller;
             }
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ protected function describeRoute(Route $route, array $options = array())
             $description[] = '<comment>Host-Regex</comment>   '.$route->compile()->getHostRegex();
         }
 
-        $this->writeText(implode("\n", $description), $options);
+        $this->writeText(implode("\n", $description)."\n", $options);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -93,6 +91,7 @@ protected function describeRoute(Route $route, array $options = array())
     protected function describeContainerParameters(ParameterBag $parameters, array $options = array())
     {
         $table = new TableHelper();
+        $table->setLayout(TableHelper::LAYOUT_COMPACT);
         $table->setHeaders(array('Parameter', 'Value'));
 
         foreach ($this->sortParameters($parameters) as $parameter => $value) {
@@ -193,6 +192,7 @@ protected function describeContainerServices(ContainerBuilder $builder, array $o
         $tagsNames = array_keys($maxTags);
 
         $table = new TableHelper();
+        $table->setLayout(TableHelper::LAYOUT_COMPACT);
         $table->setHeaders(array_merge(array('Service ID'), $tagsNames, array('Scope', 'Class name')));
 
         foreach ($this->sortServiceIds($serviceIds) as $serviceId) {
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ protected function describeContainerDefinition(Definition $definition, array $op
         $description[] = sprintf('<comment>Synthetic</comment>        %s', $definition->isSynthetic() ? 'yes' : 'no');
         $description[] = sprintf('<comment>Required File</comment>    %s', $definition->getFile() ? $definition->getFile() : '-');
 
-        $this->writeText(implode("\n", $description), $options);
+        $this->writeText(implode("\n", $description)."\n", $options);
     }
 
     /**