diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/mapper/DefaultActionMapper.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/mapper/DefaultActionMapper.java
index ffa09f1f8..7519bba55 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/mapper/DefaultActionMapper.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/mapper/DefaultActionMapper.java
@@ -164,17 +164,18 @@ public class DefaultActionMapper implements ActionMapper {
                 put(ACTION_PREFIX, new ParameterAction() {
                     public void execute(String key, ActionMapping mapping) {
                         String name = key.substring(ACTION_PREFIX.length());
-                        int bang = name.indexOf('!');
-                        if (bang != -1) {
-                            String method = name.substring(bang + 1);
-                            mapping.setMethod(method);
-                            name = name.substring(0, bang);
+                        if (allowDynamicMethodCalls) {
+                            int bang = name.indexOf('!');
+                            if (bang != -1) {
+                                String method = name.substring(bang + 1);
+                                mapping.setMethod(method);
+                                name = name.substring(0, bang);
+                            }
                         }
-                        
                         mapping.setName(name);
                     }
                 });
-    
+
                 put(REDIRECT_PREFIX, new ParameterAction() {
                     public void execute(String key, ActionMapping mapping) {
                         ServletRedirectResult redirect = new ServletRedirectResult();
@@ -208,9 +209,7 @@ public class DefaultActionMapper implements ActionMapper {
 
         parseNameAndNamespace(uri, mapping, config);
 
-        if (allowDynamicMethodCalls) {
-            handleSpecialParameters(request, mapping);
-        }
+        handleSpecialParameters(request, mapping);
 
         if (mapping.getName() == null) {
             return null;
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts2/default.properties b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts2/default.properties
index 3650e05a5..99b692284 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts2/default.properties
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/struts2/default.properties
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ struts.serve.static.browserCache=true
 
 ### Set this to false if you wish to disable all forms of dynamic method invocation
 ### via the URL request. This includes URLs like foo!bar.action, as well as params
-### like method:bar. See the DefaultActionMapper for more info.
+### like method:bar (but not action:foo). See the DefaultActionMapper for more info.
 struts.enable.DynamicMethodInvocation = true
 
 ### use alternative syntax that requires %{} in most places