diff --git a/framework/base/View.php b/framework/base/View.php
index d152d39..dccfb26 100644
--- a/framework/base/View.php
+++ b/framework/base/View.php
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ class View extends Component
 	 */
 	public $owner;
 	/**
-	 * @var string|boolean the layout to be applied when [[render()]] or [[renderContent()]] is called.
-	 * If not set, it will use the value of [[Application::layout]]. If false, no layout will be applied.
+	 * @var string the layout to be applied when [[render()]] or [[renderContent()]] is called.
+	 * If not set, it will use the [[Module::layout]] of the currently active module.
 	 */
 	public $layout;
 	/**
@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ class View extends Component
 	 *      * If the controller's [[Controller::layout|layout]] is a string, use it as the layout name
 	 *        and search for the layout file under the layout path of the parent module of the controller;
 	 *      * If the controller's [[Controller::layout|layout]] is null, look through its ancestor modules
-	 *        and find one whose [[Module::layout|layout]] is not null. Use the layout specified by that module;
+	 *        and find the first one whose [[Module::layout|layout]] is not null. Use the layout specified
+	 *        by that module;
 	 * - Returns false for all other cases.
 	 *
 	 * Like view names, a layout name can take several formats:
@@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ class View extends Component
 				$module = Yii::$application;
 			}
 			$view = $this->layout;
-		} elseif ($this->layout === null && $this->owner instanceof Controller) {
+		} elseif ($this->owner instanceof Controller) {
 			if (is_string($this->owner->layout)) {
 				$module = $this->owner->module;
 				$view = $this->owner->layout;
@@ -434,14 +435,13 @@ class View extends Component
 				while ($module !== null && $module->layout === null) {
 					$module = $module->module;
 				}
-				if ($module === null || !is_string($module->layout)) {
-					return false;
+				if ($module !== null && is_string($module->layout)) {
+					$view = $module->layout;
 				}
-				$view = $module->layout;
-			} else {
-				return false;
 			}
-		} else {
+		}
+
+		if (!isset($view)) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
diff --git a/framework/console/Controller.php b/framework/console/Controller.php
index 164f631..f7155b0 100644
--- a/framework/console/Controller.php
+++ b/framework/console/Controller.php
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
 
 namespace yii\console;
 
+use Yii;
 use yii\base\Action;
+use yii\base\InvalidRequestException;
 use yii\base\InvalidRouteException;
-use yii\base\Exception;
 
 /**
  * Controller is the base class of console command classes.
@@ -57,35 +58,24 @@ class Controller extends \yii\base\Controller
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * This method is invoked when the request parameters do not satisfy the requirement of the specified action.
-	 * The default implementation will throw an exception.
-	 * @param Action $action the action being executed
-	 * @param Exception $exception the exception about the invalid parameters
+	 * Validates the parameter being bound to actions.
+	 * This method is invoked when parameters are being bound to the currently requested action.
+	 * Child classes may override this method to throw exceptions when there are missing and/or unknown parameters.
+	 * @param Action $action the currently requested action
+	 * @param array $missingParams the names of the missing parameters
+	 * @param array $unknownParams the unknown parameters (name=>value)
+	 * @throws InvalidRequestException if there are missing or unknown parameters
 	 */
-	public function invalidActionParams($action, $exception)
+	public function validateActionParams($action, $missingParams, $unknownParams)
 	{
-		echo \Yii::t('yii', 'Error: {message}', array(
-			'{message}' => $exception->getMessage(),
-		));
-		\Yii::$application->end(1);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * This method is invoked when extra parameters are provided to an action while it is executed.
-	 * @param Action $action the action being executed
-	 * @param array $expected the expected action parameters (name => value)
-	 * @param array $actual the actual action parameters (name => value)
-	 */
-	public function extraActionParams($action, $expected, $actual)
-	{
-		unset($expected['args'], $actual['args']);
-
-		$keys = array_diff(array_keys($actual), array_keys($expected));
-		if (!empty($keys)) {
-			echo \Yii::t('yii', 'Error: Unknown parameter(s): {params}', array(
-				'{params}' => implode(', ', $keys),
-			)) . "\n";
-			\Yii::$application->end(1);
+		if (!empty($missingParams)) {
+			throw new InvalidRequestException(Yii::t('yii', 'Missing required options: {params}', array(
+				'{params}' => implode(', ', $missingParams),
+			)));
+		} elseif (!empty($unknownParams)) {
+			throw new InvalidRequestException(Yii::t('yii', 'Unknown options: {params}', array(
+				'{params}' => implode(', ', $unknownParams),
+			)));
 		}
 	}