diff --git a/lisp/ob-plantuml.el b/lisp/ob-plantuml.el
index 55729eb41..7da689393 100644
--- a/lisp/ob-plantuml.el
+++ b/lisp/ob-plantuml.el
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ This function is called by `org-babel-execute-src-block'."
 		       (error "plantuml requires a \":file\" header argument")))
 	 (cmdline (cdr (assoc :cmdline params)))
 	 (in-file (org-babel-temp-file "plantuml-"))
+	 (java (or (cdr (assoc :java params)) ""))
 	 (cmd (if (not org-plantuml-jar-path)
 		  (error "`org-plantuml-jar-path' is not set")
-		(concat "java -jar "
+		(concat "java " java " -jar "
 			(shell-quote-argument
 			 (expand-file-name org-plantuml-jar-path))
 			(if (string= (file-name-extension out-file) "svg")
diff --git a/lisp/ob.el b/lisp/ob.el
index 15eefe029..d2d94b83c 100644
--- a/lisp/ob.el
+++ b/lisp/ob.el
@@ -2040,11 +2040,16 @@ file's directory then expand relative links."
 	      result)
 	    (if description (concat "[" description "]") ""))))
 
+(defvar org-babel-capitalize-examplize-region-markers nil
+  "Make true to capitalize begin/end example markers inserted by code blocks.")
+
 (defun org-babel-examplize-region (beg end &optional results-switches)
   "Comment out region using the inline '==' or ': ' org example quote."
   (interactive "*r")
   (flet ((chars-between (b e)
-			(not (string-match "^[\\s]*$" (buffer-substring b e)))))
+			(not (string-match "^[\\s]*$" (buffer-substring b e))))
+	 (maybe-cap (str) (if org-babel-capitalize-examplize-region-markers
+			      (upcase str) str)))
     (if (or (chars-between (save-excursion (goto-char beg) (point-at-bol)) beg)
 	    (chars-between end (save-excursion (goto-char end) (point-at-eol))))
 	(save-excursion
@@ -2061,10 +2066,12 @@ file's directory then expand relative links."
 		(t
 		 (goto-char beg)
 		 (insert (if results-switches
-			     (format "#+begin_example%s\n" results-switches)
-			   "#+begin_example\n"))
+			     (format "%s%s\n"
+				     (maybe-cap "#+begin_example")
+				     results-switches)
+			   (maybe-cap "#+begin_example\n")))
 		 (if (markerp end) (goto-char end) (forward-char (- end beg)))
-		 (insert "#+end_example\n"))))))))
+		 (insert (maybe-cap "#+end_example\n")))))))))
 
 (defun org-babel-update-block-body (new-body)
   "Update the body of the current code block to NEW-BODY."
diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 05f5375f4..0b0085131 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -12918,10 +12918,7 @@ headlines matching this string."
 		       org-outline-regexp)
 		     " *\\(\\<\\("
 		     (mapconcat 'regexp-quote org-todo-keywords-1 "\\|")
-		     (org-re
-		      (if todo-only
-			  "\\>\\)\\)[ \t]+\\(.*?\\)\\(:[[:alnum:]_@#%:]+:\\)?[ \t]*$"
-			"\\>\\)\\)? *\\([^ ].*?\\)\\(:[[:alnum:]_@#%:]+:\\)?[ \t]*$"))))
+		     (org-re "\\)\\>\\)? *\\(.*?\\)\\(:[[:alnum:]_@#%:]+:\\)?[ \t]*$")))
 	 (props (list 'face 'default
 		      'done-face 'org-agenda-done
 		      'undone-face 'default