diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/DependencyInjection/MvcCoreServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/DependencyInjection/MvcCoreServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index 2f48bbedb0..3d50285d76 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/DependencyInjection/MvcCoreServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/DependencyInjection/MvcCoreServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
             services.TryAddTransient<MvcAttributeRouteHandler>(); // Many per app
 
             //
-            // Dispatching
+            // Global Routing / Endpoints
             //
             services.TryAddEnumerable(
                 ServiceDescriptor.Singleton<EndpointDataSource, MvcEndpointDataSource>());
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Internal/MvcEndpointDataSource.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Internal/MvcEndpointDataSource.cs
index c8738bb20e..f725da108b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Internal/MvcEndpointDataSource.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Internal/MvcEndpointDataSource.cs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal
                     // up the endpoints too.
                     //
                     // Start with an order of '1' for conventional routes as attribute routes have a default order of '0'.
-                    // This is for scenarios dealing with migrating existing Routing based code to Dispatcher world.
+                    // This is for scenarios dealing with migrating existing Router based code to Global Routing world.
                     var conventionalRouteOrder = 0;
 
                     // Check each of the conventional templates to see if the action would be reachable
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/DispatcherUrlHelper.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/GlobalRoutingUrlHelper.cs
similarity index 93%
rename from src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/DispatcherUrlHelper.cs
rename to src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/GlobalRoutingUrlHelper.cs
index 8b0efc4c38..e77274c3cd 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/DispatcherUrlHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/GlobalRoutingUrlHelper.cs
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Routing
     /// An implementation of <see cref="IUrlHelper"/> that uses <see cref="LinkGenerator"/> to build URLs 
     /// for ASP.NET MVC within an application.
     /// </summary>
-    internal class DispatcherUrlHelper : UrlHelperBase
+    internal class GlobalRoutingUrlHelper : UrlHelperBase
     {
-        private readonly ILogger<DispatcherUrlHelper> _logger;
+        private readonly ILogger<GlobalRoutingUrlHelper> _logger;
         private readonly LinkGenerator _linkGenerator;
         private readonly IEndpointFinder<RouteValuesBasedEndpointFinderContext> _routeValuesBasedEndpointFinder;
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DispatcherUrlHelper"/> class using the specified
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="GlobalRoutingUrlHelper"/> class using the specified
         /// <paramref name="actionContext"/>.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="actionContext">The <see cref="Mvc.ActionContext"/> for the current request.</param>
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Routing
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="linkGenerator">The <see cref="LinkGenerator"/> used to generate the link.</param>
         /// <param name="logger">The <see cref="ILogger"/>.</param>
-        public DispatcherUrlHelper(
+        public GlobalRoutingUrlHelper(
             ActionContext actionContext,
             IEndpointFinder<RouteValuesBasedEndpointFinderContext> routeValuesBasedEndpointFinder,
             LinkGenerator linkGenerator,
-            ILogger<DispatcherUrlHelper> logger)
+            ILogger<GlobalRoutingUrlHelper> logger)
             : base(actionContext)
         {
             if (linkGenerator == null)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/UrlHelperFactory.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/UrlHelperFactory.cs
index 9d464aafa3..6db7f35638 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/UrlHelperFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/Routing/UrlHelperFactory.cs
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Routing
                 var services = httpContext.RequestServices;
                 var linkGenerator = services.GetRequiredService<LinkGenerator>();
                 var routeValuesBasedEndpointFinder = services.GetRequiredService<IEndpointFinder<RouteValuesBasedEndpointFinderContext>>();
-                var logger = services.GetRequiredService<ILogger<DispatcherUrlHelper>>();
+                var logger = services.GetRequiredService<ILogger<GlobalRoutingUrlHelper>>();
 
-                urlHelper = new DispatcherUrlHelper(
+                urlHelper = new GlobalRoutingUrlHelper(
                     context,
                     routeValuesBasedEndpointFinder,
                     linkGenerator,
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers/ValidationMessageTagHelper.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers/ValidationMessageTagHelper.cs
index 8858623013..85d8d07837 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers/ValidationMessageTagHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers/ValidationMessageTagHelper.cs
@@ -71,11 +71,24 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
                     };
                 }
 
+                string message = null;
+                if (!output.IsContentModified)
+                {
+                    var tagHelperContent = await output.GetChildContentAsync();
+
+                    // We check for whitespace to detect scenarios such as:
+                    // <span validation-for="Name">
+                    // </span>
+                    if (!tagHelperContent.IsEmptyOrWhiteSpace)
+                    {
+                        message = tagHelperContent.GetContent();
+                    }
+                }
                 var tagBuilder = Generator.GenerateValidationMessage(
                     ViewContext,
                     For.ModelExplorer,
                     For.Name,
-                    message: null,
+                    message: message,
                     tag: null,
                     htmlAttributes: htmlAttributes);
 
@@ -84,27 +97,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
                     output.MergeAttributes(tagBuilder);
 
                     // Do not update the content if another tag helper targeting this element has already done so.
-                    if (!output.IsContentModified)
+                    if (!output.IsContentModified && tagBuilder.HasInnerHtml)
                     {
-                        // We check for whitespace to detect scenarios such as:
-                        // <span validation-for="Name">
-                        // </span>
-                        var childContent = await output.GetChildContentAsync();
-                        if (childContent.IsEmptyOrWhiteSpace)
-                        {
-                            // Provide default message text (if any) since there was nothing useful in the Razor source.
-                            if (tagBuilder.HasInnerHtml)
-                            {
-                                output.Content.SetHtmlContent(tagBuilder.InnerHtml);
-                            }
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            output.Content.SetHtmlContent(childContent);
-                        }
+                        output.Content.SetHtmlContent(tagBuilder.InnerHtml);
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Routing/DispatcherUrlHelperTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Routing/GlobalRoutingUrlHelperTest.cs
similarity index 97%
rename from test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Routing/DispatcherUrlHelperTest.cs
rename to test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Routing/GlobalRoutingUrlHelperTest.cs
index b069feabc6..78c7551c43 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Routing/DispatcherUrlHelperTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.Test/Routing/GlobalRoutingUrlHelperTest.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ using Xunit;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Routing
 {
-    public class DispatcherUrlHelperTest : UrlHelperTestBase
+    public class GlobalRoutingUrlHelperTest : UrlHelperTestBase
     {
         protected override IUrlHelper CreateUrlHelper(string appRoot, string host, string protocol)
         {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Routing
 
             var urlHelperFactory = httpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<IUrlHelperFactory>();
             var urlHelper = urlHelperFactory.GetUrlHelper(actionContext);
-            Assert.IsType<DispatcherUrlHelper>(urlHelper);
+            Assert.IsType<GlobalRoutingUrlHelper>(urlHelper);
             return urlHelper;
         }
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Routing
             }
 
             var services = GetCommonServices();
-            services.AddDispatcher();
+            services.AddRouting();
             services.TryAddEnumerable(
                 ServiceDescriptor.Singleton<EndpointDataSource>(new DefaultEndpointDataSource(endpoints)));
             services.TryAddSingleton<IUrlHelperFactory, UrlHelperFactory>();
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/ConsumesAttributeDispatchingTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/ConsumesAttributeGlobalRoutingTests.cs
similarity index 54%
rename from test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/ConsumesAttributeDispatchingTests.cs
rename to test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/ConsumesAttributeGlobalRoutingTests.cs
index ced707f674..889e77e80b 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/ConsumesAttributeDispatchingTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/ConsumesAttributeGlobalRoutingTests.cs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests
 {
-    public class ConsumesAttributeDispatchingTests : ConsumesAttributeTestsBase<BasicWebSite.StartupWithDispatching>
+    public class ConsumesAttributeGlobalRoutingTests : ConsumesAttributeTestsBase<BasicWebSite.StartupWithGlobalRouting>
     {
-        public ConsumesAttributeDispatchingTests(MvcTestFixture<BasicWebSite.StartupWithDispatching> fixture)
+        public ConsumesAttributeGlobalRoutingTests(MvcTestFixture<BasicWebSite.StartupWithGlobalRouting> fixture)
             : base(fixture)
         {
         }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/DispatchingTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/GlobalRoutingTest.cs
similarity index 63%
rename from test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/DispatchingTests.cs
rename to test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/GlobalRoutingTest.cs
index 05525fc755..1ab9950d68 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/DispatchingTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/GlobalRoutingTest.cs
@@ -4,39 +4,25 @@
 using System;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests
 {
-    public class DispatchingTests : RoutingTestsBase<RoutingWebSite.StartupWithDispatching>
+    public class GlobalRoutingTest : RoutingTestsBase<RoutingWebSite.StartupWithGlobalRouting>
     {
-        public DispatchingTests(MvcTestFixture<RoutingWebSite.StartupWithDispatching> fixture)
+        public GlobalRoutingTest(MvcTestFixture<RoutingWebSite.StartupWithGlobalRouting> fixture)
             : base(fixture)
         {
         }
 
-        [Fact(Skip = "Link generation issue in dispatching. Need to fix - https://github.com/aspnet/Routing/issues/590")]
-        public override Task AttributeRoutedAction_InArea_ExplicitLeaveArea()
-        {
-            return Task.CompletedTask;
-        }
-
-        [Fact(Skip = "Link generation issue in dispatching. Need to fix - https://github.com/aspnet/Routing/issues/590")]
+        [Fact(Skip = "Link generation issue in global routing. Need to fix - https://github.com/aspnet/Routing/issues/590")]
         public override Task AttributeRoutedAction_InArea_StaysInArea_ActionDoesntExist()
         {
             return Task.CompletedTask;
         }
 
-        [Fact(Skip = "Link generation issue in dispatching. Need to fix - https://github.com/aspnet/Routing/issues/590")]
-        public override Task ConventionalRoutedAction_InArea_ExplicitLeaveArea()
-        {
-            return Task.CompletedTask;
-        }
-
-        [Fact(Skip = "Link generation issue in dispatching. Need to fix - https://github.com/aspnet/Routing/issues/590")]
+        [Fact(Skip = "Link generation issue in global routing. Need to fix - https://github.com/aspnet/Routing/issues/590")]
         public override Task ConventionalRoutedAction_InArea_StaysInArea()
         {
             return Task.CompletedTask;
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/VersioningDispatchingTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/RequestServicesGlobalRoutingTest.cs
similarity index 55%
rename from test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/VersioningDispatchingTests.cs
rename to test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/RequestServicesGlobalRoutingTest.cs
index ff0c8e700c..0c1471df03 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/VersioningDispatchingTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/RequestServicesGlobalRoutingTest.cs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests
 {
-    public class VersioningDispatchingTests : VersioningTestsBase<VersioningWebSite.StartupWithDispatching>
+    public class RequestServicesGlobalRoutingTest : RequestServicesTestBase<BasicWebSite.StartupWithGlobalRouting>
     {
-        public VersioningDispatchingTests(MvcTestFixture<VersioningWebSite.StartupWithDispatching> fixture)
+        public RequestServicesGlobalRoutingTest(MvcTestFixture<BasicWebSite.StartupWithGlobalRouting> fixture)
             : base(fixture)
         {
         }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/RequestServicesDispatchingTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/VersioningGlobalRoutingTests.cs
similarity index 55%
rename from test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/RequestServicesDispatchingTest.cs
rename to test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/VersioningGlobalRoutingTests.cs
index f725d9ed92..8c022a076c 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/RequestServicesDispatchingTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests/VersioningGlobalRoutingTests.cs
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.FunctionalTests
 {
-    public class RequestServicesDispatchingTest : RequestServicesTestBase<BasicWebSite.StartupWithDispatching>
+    public class VersioningGlobalRoutingTests : VersioningTestsBase<VersioningWebSite.StartupWithGlobalRouting>
     {
-        public RequestServicesDispatchingTest(MvcTestFixture<BasicWebSite.StartupWithDispatching> fixture)
+        public VersioningGlobalRoutingTests(MvcTestFixture<VersioningWebSite.StartupWithGlobalRouting> fixture)
             : base(fixture)
         {
         }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/ValidationMessageTagHelperTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/ValidationMessageTagHelperTest.cs
index 69522655cb..1c919635be 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/ValidationMessageTagHelperTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers.Test/ValidationMessageTagHelperTest.cs
@@ -357,10 +357,11 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
         }
 
         [Theory]
-        [InlineData("Content of validation message", "Content of validation message")]
-        [InlineData("\r\n  \r\n", "New HTML")]
+        [InlineData("Content of validation message", "Content of validation message", "New HTML")]
+        [InlineData("\r\n  \r\n", null, "New HTML")]
         public async Task ProcessAsync_MergesTagBuilderFromGenerateValidationMessage(
             string childContent,
+            string expectedMessage,
             string expectedOutputContent)
         {
             // Arrange
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
                     It.IsAny<ViewContext>(),
                     It.IsAny<ModelExplorer>(),
                     It.IsAny<string>(),
-                    It.IsAny<string>(),
+                    expectedMessage,
                     It.IsAny<string>(),
                     It.IsAny<object>()))
                 .Returns(tagBuilder);
diff --git a/test/WebSites/BasicWebSite/StartupWithDispatching.cs b/test/WebSites/BasicWebSite/StartupWithGlobalRouting.cs
similarity index 91%
rename from test/WebSites/BasicWebSite/StartupWithDispatching.cs
rename to test/WebSites/BasicWebSite/StartupWithGlobalRouting.cs
index eb122b7290..037a5312f8 100644
--- a/test/WebSites/BasicWebSite/StartupWithDispatching.cs
+++ b/test/WebSites/BasicWebSite/StartupWithGlobalRouting.cs
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 
 namespace BasicWebSite
 {
-    public class StartupWithDispatching
+    public class StartupWithGlobalRouting
     {
         // Set up application services
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
-            services.AddDispatcher();
+            services.AddRouting();
 
             services.AddMvc()
                 .SetCompatibilityVersion(CompatibilityVersion.Latest)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace BasicWebSite
             // Initializes the RequestId service for each request
             app.UseMiddleware<RequestIdMiddleware>();
 
-            app.UseDispatcher();
+            app.UseGlobalRouting();
 
             app.UseMvcWithEndpoint(routes =>
             {
diff --git a/test/WebSites/RoutingWebSite/StartupWithDispatching.cs b/test/WebSites/RoutingWebSite/StartupWithGlobalRouting.cs
similarity index 77%
rename from test/WebSites/RoutingWebSite/StartupWithDispatching.cs
rename to test/WebSites/RoutingWebSite/StartupWithGlobalRouting.cs
index 670ec5497d..abc0abf4fb 100644
--- a/test/WebSites/RoutingWebSite/StartupWithDispatching.cs
+++ b/test/WebSites/RoutingWebSite/StartupWithGlobalRouting.cs
@@ -1,27 +1,18 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
-using System;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Text;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Internal;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing.Matchers;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace RoutingWebSite
 {
-    public class StartupWithDispatching
+    public class StartupWithGlobalRouting
     {
         // Set up application services
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
-            services.AddDispatcher();
+            services.AddRouting();
 
             services.AddMvc();
 
@@ -31,7 +22,7 @@ namespace RoutingWebSite
 
         public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
         {
-            app.UseDispatcher();
+            app.UseGlobalRouting();
 
             app.UseMvcWithEndpoint(routes =>
             {
diff --git a/test/WebSites/VersioningWebSite/StartupWithDispatching.cs b/test/WebSites/VersioningWebSite/StartupWithGlobalRouting.cs
similarity index 89%
rename from test/WebSites/VersioningWebSite/StartupWithDispatching.cs
rename to test/WebSites/VersioningWebSite/StartupWithGlobalRouting.cs
index 164f86550b..c7ea9739f7 100644
--- a/test/WebSites/VersioningWebSite/StartupWithDispatching.cs
+++ b/test/WebSites/VersioningWebSite/StartupWithGlobalRouting.cs
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 
 namespace VersioningWebSite
 {
-    public class StartupWithDispatching
+    public class StartupWithGlobalRouting
     {
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
-            services.AddDispatcher();
+            services.AddRouting();
 
             // Add MVC services to the services container
             services.AddMvc();
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace VersioningWebSite
 
         public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
         {
-            app.UseDispatcher();
+            app.UseGlobalRouting();
 
             app.UseMvcWithEndpoint(endpoints =>
             {