diff --git a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/helpers/MessageFormatter.java b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/helpers/MessageFormatter.java
index e5df70e98..f26020668 100755
--- a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/helpers/MessageFormatter.java
+++ b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/helpers/MessageFormatter.java
@@ -153,34 +153,13 @@ final public static FormattingTuple format(final String messagePattern, Object a
 
 
     final public static FormattingTuple arrayFormat(final String messagePattern, final Object[] argArray) {
-        Throwable throwableCandidate = getThrowableCandidate(argArray);
+        Throwable throwableCandidate = Util.getThrowableCandidate(argArray);
         Object[] args = argArray;
         if (throwableCandidate != null) {
-            args = trimmedCopy(argArray);
+            args = Util.trimmedCopy(argArray);
         }
         return arrayFormat(messagePattern, args, throwableCandidate);
     }
-    
-    static final Throwable getThrowableCandidate(Object[] argArray) {
-        if (argArray == null || argArray.length == 0) {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        final Object lastEntry = argArray[argArray.length - 1];
-        if (lastEntry instanceof Throwable) {
-            return (Throwable) lastEntry;
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-    private static Object[] trimmedCopy(Object[] argArray) {
-        if (argArray == null || argArray.length == 0) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("non-sensical empty or null argument array");
-        }
-        final int trimemdLen = argArray.length - 1;
-        Object[] trimmed = new Object[trimemdLen];
-        System.arraycopy(argArray, 0, trimmed, 0, trimemdLen);
-        return trimmed;
-    }
 
     final public static FormattingTuple arrayFormat(final String messagePattern, final Object[] argArray, Throwable throwable) {
 
diff --git a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/helpers/Util.java b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/helpers/Util.java
index 06017849b..68840067c 100755
--- a/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/helpers/Util.java
+++ b/slf4j-api/src/main/java/org/slf4j/helpers/Util.java
@@ -127,7 +127,46 @@ static final public void report(String msg, Throwable t) {
     static final public void report(String msg) {
         System.err.println("SLF4J: " + msg);
     }
-    
-	
+
+    /**
+     * Helper method to determine if an {@link Object} array contains an {@link Throwable} as last element
+     *
+     * @param argArray
+     *          The arguments off which we want to know if it contains a {@link Throwable} as last element
+     * @return if the last parameter in argArray is a Throwable this method will return it, otherwise it returns null
+     */
+    public static Throwable getThrowableCandidate(final Object[] argArray) {
+        if (argArray == null || argArray.length == 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        final Object lastEntry = argArray[argArray.length - 1];
+        if (lastEntry instanceof Throwable) {
+            return (Throwable) lastEntry;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Helper method to get all but the last element of an array
+     *
+     * @param argArray
+     *          The arguments from which we want to remove the last element
+     *
+     * @return a copy of the array without the last element
+     */
+    public static Object[] trimmedCopy(final Object[] argArray) {
+        if (argArray == null || argArray.length == 0) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("non-sensical empty or null argument array");
+        }
+
+        final int trimmedLen = argArray.length - 1;
+
+        Object[] trimmed = new Object[trimmedLen];
+        System.arraycopy(argArray, 0, trimmed, 0, trimmedLen);
+
+        return trimmed;
+    }
 
 }