diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jsoup/internal/StringUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/jsoup/internal/StringUtil.java
index 1882f2a9f1..8c5e50b87f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jsoup/internal/StringUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jsoup/internal/StringUtil.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public static String padding(int width, int maxPaddingWidth) {
      * @param string string to test
      * @return if string is blank
      */
-    public static boolean isBlank(String string) {
+    public static boolean isBlank(final String string) {
         if (string == null || string.length() == 0)
             return true;
 
@@ -159,6 +159,17 @@ public static boolean isBlank(String string) {
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     Tests if a string starts with a newline character
+     @param string string to test
+     @return if its first character is a newline
+     */
+    public static boolean startsWithNewline(final String string) {
+        if (string == null || string.length() == 0)
+            return false;
+        return string.charAt(0) == '\n';
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tests if a string is numeric, i.e. contains only digit characters
      * @param string string to test
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jsoup/nodes/LeafNode.java b/src/main/java/org/jsoup/nodes/LeafNode.java
index 63eb460d6c..c5e3c577b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jsoup/nodes/LeafNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jsoup/nodes/LeafNode.java
@@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ void coreValue(String value) {
 
     @Override
     public String attr(String key) {
-        Validate.notNull(key);
         if (!hasAttributes()) {
-            return key.equals(nodeName()) ? (String) value : EmptyString;
+            return nodeName().equals(key) ? (String) value : EmptyString;
         }
         return super.attr(key);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jsoup/nodes/TextNode.java b/src/main/java/org/jsoup/nodes/TextNode.java
index 191ddadece..a7e3cd51fe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jsoup/nodes/TextNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jsoup/nodes/TextNode.java
@@ -74,20 +74,22 @@ public TextNode splitText(int offset) {
         String tail = text.substring(offset);
         text(head);
         TextNode tailNode = new TextNode(tail);
-        if (parent() != null)
-            parent().addChildren(siblingIndex()+1, tailNode);
+        if (parentNode != null)
+            parentNode.addChildren(siblingIndex()+1, tailNode);
 
         return tailNode;
     }
 
 	void outerHtmlHead(Appendable accum, int depth, Document.OutputSettings out) throws IOException {
         final boolean prettyPrint = out.prettyPrint();
-        Element parent = parentNode instanceof Element ? ((Element) parentNode) : null;
-        boolean parentIndent = parent != null && parent.shouldIndent(out);
-        if (parentIndent && getWholeText().startsWith("\n") && isBlank()) // we are skippable whitespace
+        final Element parent = parentNode instanceof Element ? ((Element) parentNode) : null;
+        final boolean parentIndent = parent != null && parent.shouldIndent(out);
+        final boolean blank = isBlank();
+
+        if (parentIndent && StringUtil.startsWithNewline(coreValue()) && blank) // we are skippable whitespace
             return;
 
-        if (prettyPrint && ((siblingIndex() == 0 && parent != null && parent.tag().formatAsBlock() && !isBlank()) || (out.outline() && siblingNodes().size()>0 && !isBlank()) ))
+        if (prettyPrint && ((siblingIndex == 0 && parent != null && parent.tag().formatAsBlock() && !blank) || (out.outline() && siblingNodes().size()>0 && !blank) ))
             indent(accum, depth, out);
 
         final boolean normaliseWhite = prettyPrint && !Element.preserveWhitespace(parentNode);