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The following page has been changed by MichaelJouravlev: http://wiki.apache.org/struts/ActionErrorsAndActionMessages The comment on the change is: Fixed paths to source repository ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [http://www.niallp.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/HelpTagsErrorsAndMessages.html details] on the differences between html:messages and html:errors on his website. I hope this helps to clarify things. I would strongly encourage people to have a look inside the Struts source code, as it's really quite clear when you look under the hood. You can see what happens in validation by examining the "processValidate" method in RequestProcessor: - http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/action/trunk/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts/action/RequestProcessor.java?view=markup + http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/struts1/trunk/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts/action/RequestProcessor.java?view=markup You can see what happens with saveErrors and saveMessages by examining those methods in Action - http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/action/trunk/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts/action/Action.java?view=markup + http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/struts1/trunk/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts/action/Action.java?view=markup You can see what the tags do by looking at their respective source files: - http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/action/trunk/taglib/src/main/java/org/apache/struts/taglib/html/MessagesTag.java?view=markup + http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/struts1/trunk/taglib/src/main/java/org/apache/struts/taglib/html/MessagesTag.java?view=markup - http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/action/trunk/taglib/src/main/java/org/apache/struts/taglib/html/ErrorsTag.java?view=markup + http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/struts/struts1/trunk/taglib/src/main/java/org/apache/struts/taglib/html/ErrorsTag.java?view=markup