diff --git a/sql/handler.cc b/sql/handler.cc
index 0e1b2d62a4f..f4cd2901be1 100644
--- a/sql/handler.cc
+++ b/sql/handler.cc
@@ -385,17 +385,25 @@ int ha_report_binlog_offset_and_commit(THD *thd,
 #ifdef HAVE_INNOBASE_DB
   THD_TRANS *trans;
   trans = &thd->transaction.all;
-  if (trans->innobase_tid)
+  if (trans->innobase_tid && trans->innodb_active_trans)
   {
+    /*
+      If we updated some InnoDB tables (innodb_active_trans is true), the
+      binlog coords will be reported into InnoDB during the InnoDB commit
+      (innobase_report_binlog_offset_and_commit). But if we updated only
+      non-InnoDB tables, we need an explicit call to report it.
+    */
     if ((error=innobase_report_binlog_offset_and_commit(thd,
-							trans->innobase_tid,
-							log_file_name,
-							end_offset)))
+                                                        trans->innobase_tid,
+                                                        log_file_name,
+                                                        end_offset)))
     {
       my_error(ER_ERROR_DURING_COMMIT, MYF(0), error);
       error=1;
     }
   }
+  else if (opt_innodb_safe_binlog) // Don't report if not useful
+    innobase_store_binlog_offset_and_flush_log(log_file_name, end_offset);
 #endif
   return error;
 }
diff --git a/sql/handler.h b/sql/handler.h
index 3d5aaacb661..a9416b1b2c5 100644
--- a/sql/handler.h
+++ b/sql/handler.h
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ public:
     create_time(0), check_time(0), update_time(0),
     key_used_on_scan(MAX_KEY), active_index(MAX_KEY),
     ref_length(sizeof(my_off_t)), block_size(0),
-    raid_type(0), ft_handler(0), implicit_emptied(0), inited(NONE)
+    raid_type(0), ft_handler(0), inited(NONE), implicit_emptied(0)
     {}
   virtual ~handler(void) { /* TODO: DBUG_ASSERT(inited == NONE); */ }
   int ha_open(const char *name, int mode, int test_if_locked);
diff --git a/sql/log.cc b/sql/log.cc
index 89f8f2480e3..124439ae9eb 100644
--- a/sql/log.cc
+++ b/sql/log.cc
@@ -2073,9 +2073,9 @@ bool MYSQL_LOG::cut_spurious_tail()
                     name);
     DBUG_RETURN(1);
   }
-  sql_print_error("After InnoDB crash recovery, trying to truncate "
-                  "the binary log '%s' at position %s corresponding to the "
-                  "last committed transaction...", name, llstr(pos, llbuf1));
+  sql_print_error("After InnoDB crash recovery, checking if the binary log "
+                  "'%s' contains rolled back transactions which must be "
+                  "removed from it...", name);
   /* If we have a too long binlog, cut. If too short, print error */
   int fd= my_open(name, O_EXCL | O_APPEND | O_BINARY | O_WRONLY, MYF(MY_WME));
   if (fd < 0)
@@ -2091,10 +2091,17 @@ bool MYSQL_LOG::cut_spurious_tail()
 
   if (pos > (actual_size= my_seek(fd, 0L, MY_SEEK_END, MYF(MY_WME))))
   {
+    /*
+      Note that when we have MyISAM rollback this error message should be
+      reconsidered.
+    */
     sql_print_error("The binary log '%s' is shorter than its expected size "
                     "(actual: %s, expected: %s) so it misses at least one "
                     "committed transaction; so it should not be used for "
-                    "replication.", name, llstr(actual_size, llbuf1),
+                    "replication or point-in-time recovery. You would need "
+                    "to restart slaves from a fresh master's data "
+                    "snapshot ",
+                    name, llstr(actual_size, llbuf1),
                     llstr(pos, llbuf2));
     error= 1;
     goto err;
diff --git a/sql/mysql_priv.h b/sql/mysql_priv.h
index 64739f348b4..eba37ed924b 100644
--- a/sql/mysql_priv.h
+++ b/sql/mysql_priv.h
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ extern ulong rpl_recovery_rank, thread_cache_size;
 extern ulong com_stat[(uint) SQLCOM_END], com_other, back_log;
 extern ulong specialflag, current_pid;
 extern ulong expire_logs_days, sync_binlog_period, sync_binlog_counter;
-extern my_bool relay_log_purge;
+extern my_bool relay_log_purge, opt_innodb_safe_binlog;
 extern uint test_flags,select_errors,ha_open_options;
 extern uint protocol_version, mysqld_port, dropping_tables;
 extern uint delay_key_write_options, lower_case_table_names;
diff --git a/sql/mysqld.cc b/sql/mysqld.cc
index b2d9266c0ce..7b36be3dd84 100644
--- a/sql/mysqld.cc
+++ b/sql/mysqld.cc
@@ -2538,6 +2538,12 @@ server.");
 
   if (opt_innodb_safe_binlog)
   {
+    if (have_innodb != SHOW_OPTION_YES)
+    {
+      sql_print_error("Error: --innodb-safe-binlog is meaningful only if "
+                      "the InnoDB storage engine is enabled in the server.");
+      unireg_abort(1);
+    }
     if (innobase_flush_log_at_trx_commit != 1)
     {
       sql_print_error("Warning: --innodb-safe-binlog is meaningful only if "
@@ -4641,9 +4647,8 @@ replicating a LOAD DATA INFILE command.",
     effect).
   */
   {"innodb_safe_binlog", OPT_INNODB_SAFE_BINLOG,
-   "After a crash recovery by InnoDB, truncate the binary log to the last \
-InnoDB committed transaction. Use only if this server updates ONLY InnoDB \
-tables.",
+   "After a crash recovery by InnoDB, truncate the binary log after the last "
+   "not-rolled-back statement/transaction.",
    (gptr*) &opt_innodb_safe_binlog, (gptr*) &opt_innodb_safe_binlog,
    0, GET_BOOL, NO_ARG, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0},
 #endif