diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Bson/BsonWriterTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Bson/BsonWriterTests.cs
index c53bcd9a..3c4b04e9 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Bson/BsonWriterTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Bson/BsonWriterTests.cs
@@ -882,6 +882,63 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Bson
             Assert.AreEqual(JsonToken.PropertyName, reader.TokenType);
             Assert.IsNull(reader.ReadAsBytes());
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void WriteEndOnProperty()
+        {
+            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
+            BsonWriter writer = new BsonWriter(ms);
+
+            writer.WriteStartObject();
+            writer.WritePropertyName("Blah");
+            writer.WriteEnd();
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("0B-00-00-00-0A-42-6C-61-68-00-00", (BitConverter.ToString(ms.ToArray())));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void WriteEndOnProperty_Close()
+        {
+            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
+            BsonWriter writer = new BsonWriter(ms);
+
+            writer.WriteStartObject();
+            writer.WritePropertyName("Blah");
+            writer.Close();
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("0B-00-00-00-0A-42-6C-61-68-00-00", (BitConverter.ToString(ms.ToArray())));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void WriteEndOnProperty_Dispose()
+        {
+            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
+            using (BsonWriter writer = new BsonWriter(ms))
+            {
+                writer.WriteStartObject();
+                writer.WritePropertyName("Blah");
+            }
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("0B-00-00-00-0A-42-6C-61-68-00-00", (BitConverter.ToString(ms.ToArray())));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void AutoCompleteOnClose_False()
+        {
+            MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
+            using (BsonWriter writer = new BsonWriter(ms))
+            {
+                writer.AutoCompleteOnClose = false;
+
+                writer.WriteStartObject();
+                writer.WritePropertyName("Blah");
+
+                writer.Flush();
+            }
+
+            // nothing is written because a BSON document needs to be completed before it can be written
+            Assert.AreEqual(string.Empty, (BitConverter.ToString(ms.ToArray())));
+        }
 #endif
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonTextWriterTest.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonTextWriterTest.cs
index fb8afb4c..99c9d386 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonTextWriterTest.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonTextWriterTest.cs
@@ -1310,6 +1310,51 @@ _____'propertyName': NaN,
             Assert.AreEqual("{'Blah':null}", sw.ToString());
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void WriteEndOnProperty_Close()
+        {
+            StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+            JsonTextWriter writer = new JsonTextWriter(sw);
+            writer.QuoteChar = '\'';
+
+            writer.WriteStartObject();
+            writer.WritePropertyName("Blah");
+            writer.Close();
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("{'Blah':null}", sw.ToString());
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void WriteEndOnProperty_Dispose()
+        {
+            StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+            using (JsonTextWriter writer = new JsonTextWriter(sw))
+            {
+                writer.QuoteChar = '\'';
+
+                writer.WriteStartObject();
+                writer.WritePropertyName("Blah");
+            }
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("{'Blah':null}", sw.ToString());
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void AutoCompleteOnClose_False()
+        {
+            StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+            using (JsonTextWriter writer = new JsonTextWriter(sw))
+            {
+                writer.AutoCompleteOnClose = false;
+                writer.QuoteChar = '\'';
+
+                writer.WriteStartObject();
+                writer.WritePropertyName("Blah");
+            }
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("{'Blah':", sw.ToString());
+        }
+
 #if !NET20
         [Test]
         public void QuoteChar()
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Bson/BsonWriter.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Bson/BsonWriter.cs
index e4e277eb..a3de3a2a 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Bson/BsonWriter.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Bson/BsonWriter.cs
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Bson
         /// <summary>
         /// Closes this writer.
         /// If <see cref="JsonWriter.CloseOutput"/> is set to <c>true</c>, the underlying <see cref="Stream"/> is also closed.
+        /// If <see cref="JsonWriter.AutoCompleteOnClose"/> is set to <c>true</c>, the JSON is auto-completed.
         /// </summary>
         public override void Close()
         {
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
index b8fe7400..6775bbb1 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
@@ -1652,8 +1652,6 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Converters
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(DeserializeRootElementName))
             {
-                //rootNode = document.CreateElement(DeserializeRootElementName);
-                //document.AppendChild(rootNode);
                 ReadElement(reader, document, rootNode, DeserializeRootElementName, manager);
             }
             else
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonTextWriter.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonTextWriter.cs
index 560d5d23..743d760e 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonTextWriter.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonTextWriter.cs
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
         /// <summary>
         /// Closes this writer.
         /// If <see cref="JsonWriter.CloseOutput"/> is set to <c>true</c>, the underlying <see cref="TextWriter"/> is also closed.
+        /// If <see cref="JsonWriter.AutoCompleteOnClose"/> is set to <c>true</c>, the JSON is auto-completed.
         /// </summary>
         public override void Close()
         {
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonWriter.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonWriter.cs
index fa3a13ef..34a2d6b0 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonWriter.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonWriter.cs
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
         /// </value>
         public bool CloseOutput { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the JSON should be auto-completed when this writer is closed.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        /// <c>true</c> to auto-complete the JSON when this writer is closed; otherwise <c>false</c>. The default is <c>true</c>.
+        /// </value>
+        public bool AutoCompleteOnClose { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the top.
         /// </summary>
@@ -339,6 +347,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
             _dateTimeZoneHandling = DateTimeZoneHandling.RoundtripKind;
 
             CloseOutput = true;
+            AutoCompleteOnClose = true;
         }
 
         internal void UpdateScopeWithFinishedValue()
@@ -393,11 +402,15 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Closes this writer.
-        /// If <see cref="JsonWriter.CloseOutput"/> is set to <c>true</c>, the destination is also closed.
+        /// If <see cref="CloseOutput"/> is set to <c>true</c>, the destination is also closed.
+        /// If <see cref="AutoCompleteOnClose"/> is set to <c>true</c>, the JSON is auto-completed.
         /// </summary>
         public virtual void Close()
         {
-            AutoCompleteAll();
+            if (AutoCompleteOnClose)
+            {
+                AutoCompleteAll();
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Linq/JTokenWriter.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Linq/JTokenWriter.cs
index 4d86d563..8750bc66 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Linq/JTokenWriter.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Linq/JTokenWriter.cs
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Linq
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Closes this writer.
+        /// If <see cref="JsonWriter.AutoCompleteOnClose"/> is set to <c>true</c>, the JSON is auto-completed.
         /// </summary>
         /// <remarks>
         /// Setting <see cref="JsonWriter.CloseOutput"/> to <c>true</c> has no additional effect, since the underlying <see cref="JContainer"/> is a type that cannot be closed.