diff --git a/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/BasicConfigurator.java b/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/BasicConfigurator.java
index 0515dd0077..7bacb70c57 100644
--- a/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/BasicConfigurator.java
+++ b/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/BasicConfigurator.java
@@ -35,11 +35,9 @@ public class BasicConfigurator extends ContextAwareBase implements Configurator
     public BasicConfigurator() {
     }
 
-    public ExecutionStatus configure(Context context) {
+    public ExecutionStatus configure(LoggerContext loggerContext) {
         addInfo("Setting up default configuration.");
 
-        LoggerContext loggerContext = (LoggerContext) context;
-
         ConsoleAppender<ILoggingEvent> ca = new ConsoleAppender<ILoggingEvent>();
         ca.setContext(context);
         ca.setName("console");
diff --git a/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/joran/SerializedModelConfigurator.java b/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/joran/SerializedModelConfigurator.java
index f3e6ba1b2d..9bf7c03f16 100644
--- a/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/joran/SerializedModelConfigurator.java
+++ b/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/joran/SerializedModelConfigurator.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package ch.qos.logback.classic.joran;
 
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.ClassicConstants;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.serializedModel.HardenedModelInputStream;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.model.processor.LogbackClassicDefaultNestedComponentRules;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ConfiguratorRank;
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ public class SerializedModelConfigurator extends ContextAwareBase implements Con
     protected ModelInterpretationContext modelInterpretationContext;
 
     @Override
-    public ExecutionStatus configure(Context context) {
+    public ExecutionStatus configure(LoggerContext loggerContext) {
 
         URL url = performMultiStepModelFileSearch(true);
         if (url != null) {
diff --git a/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/spi/Configurator.java b/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/spi/Configurator.java
index 7c5528624b..bd2c2e145e 100644
--- a/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/spi/Configurator.java
+++ b/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/spi/Configurator.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 package ch.qos.logback.classic.spi;
 
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext;
 import ch.qos.logback.core.Context;
 import ch.qos.logback.core.spi.ContextAware;
 
@@ -24,10 +25,10 @@
 /**
  * Allows programmatic initialization and configuration of Logback. The
  * ServiceLoader is typically used to instantiate implementations and thus
- * implementations will need to follow the guidelines of the ServiceLoader
- * specifically a no-arg constructor is required.
+ * implementations will need to follow the guidelines of the ServiceLoader,
+ * in particular the no-arg constructor requirement.
  *
- * The return type of {@link #configure(Context)  configure} was changed from 'void' to
+ * The return type of {@link #configure(LoggerContext)  configure} was changed from 'void' to
  * {@link ExecutionStatus) in logback version 1.3.0.
  */
 public interface Configurator extends ContextAware {
@@ -35,13 +36,14 @@ public interface Configurator extends ContextAware {
     enum ExecutionStatus {
         NEUTRAL, // let the caller decide
         INVOKE_NEXT_IF_ANY, // invoke other
-        DO_NOT_INVOKE_NEXT_IF_ANY
+        DO_NOT_INVOKE_NEXT_IF_ANY // the caller should not invoke further configurators even some are available
     }
 
     /**
-     * The context will also be set before this method is called via
-     * {@link ContextAware#setContext(ch.qos.logback.core.Context)}.
+     * Implementations of this method may expect that the {@link LoggerContext} is set with
+     * {@link ContextAware#setContext} before this method is invoked.
+     *
      */
-    ExecutionStatus configure(Context context);
+    ExecutionStatus configure(LoggerContext context);
 
 }
diff --git a/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/util/ContextInitializer.java b/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/util/ContextInitializer.java
index 8c52bbb976..086b457002 100644
--- a/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/util/ContextInitializer.java
+++ b/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/util/ContextInitializer.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ private Configurator instantiateConfiguratorByClassName(String configuratorClass
     /**
      *
      * @param configurator
-     * @return true if enclosing loop should break, false otherwise
+     * @return ExecutionStatus
      */
     private Configurator.ExecutionStatus invokeConfigure(Configurator configurator) {
         try {
diff --git a/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/util/DefaultJoranConfigurator.java b/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/util/DefaultJoranConfigurator.java
index 64eb3b14d2..9a9db50a42 100644
--- a/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/util/DefaultJoranConfigurator.java
+++ b/logback-classic/src/main/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/util/DefaultJoranConfigurator.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package ch.qos.logback.classic.util;
 
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.ClassicConstants;
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.joran.JoranConfigurator;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ConfiguratorRank;
 import ch.qos.logback.core.Context;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 public class DefaultJoranConfigurator extends ContextAwareBase implements Configurator {
 
     @Override
-    public ExecutionStatus configure(Context context) {
+    public ExecutionStatus configure(LoggerContext context) {
         URL url = performMultiStepConfigurationFileSearch(true);
         if (url != null) {
             try {
diff --git a/logback-classic/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/util/MockConfigurator.java b/logback-classic/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/util/MockConfigurator.java
index 581f6e670f..718495748f 100644
--- a/logback-classic/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/util/MockConfigurator.java
+++ b/logback-classic/src/test/java/ch/qos/logback/classic/util/MockConfigurator.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 package ch.qos.logback.classic.util;
 
+import ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.Configurator;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.spi.ConfiguratorRank;
 import ch.qos.logback.core.Context;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ public class MockConfigurator extends ContextAwareBase implements Configurator {
 
     static Context context = null;
 
-    public ExecutionStatus configure(Context aContext) {
+    public ExecutionStatus configure(LoggerContext aContext) {
         context = aContext;
         return ExecutionStatus.NEUTRAL;
     }