diff --git a/v4/java/android/support/v4/app/FragmentActivity.java b/v4/java/android/support/v4/app/FragmentActivity.java
index acb8181..9f111f7 100644
--- a/v4/java/android/support/v4/app/FragmentActivity.java
+++ b/v4/java/android/support/v4/app/FragmentActivity.java
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
             }
             boolean goforit = super.onPreparePanel(featureId, view, menu);
             goforit |= mFragments.dispatchPrepareOptionsMenu(menu);
-            return goforit && menu.hasVisibleItems();
+            return goforit;
         }
         return super.onPreparePanel(featureId, view, menu);
     }
diff --git a/v4/java/android/support/v4/widget/SlidingPaneLayout.java b/v4/java/android/support/v4/widget/SlidingPaneLayout.java
index 649a0cc..aaed38f 100644
--- a/v4/java/android/support/v4/widget/SlidingPaneLayout.java
+++ b/v4/java/android/support/v4/widget/SlidingPaneLayout.java
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@
  * sized to fill all available space in the closed state. Weight on a pane that becomes covered
  * indicates that the pane should be sized to fill all available space except a small minimum strip
  * that the user may use to grab the slideable view and pull it back over into a closed state.</p>
- *
- * <p>Experimental. This class may be removed.</p>
  */
 public class SlidingPaneLayout extends ViewGroup {
     private static final String TAG = "SlidingPaneLayout";