diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
index 5d44fa4f5..6008fc414 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/Helper/FormHelperTest.php
@@ -1527,9 +1527,7 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 	}
 
 /**
- * testPasswordValidation method
- *
- * test validation errors on password input.
+ * Test validation errors.
  *
  * @return void
  */
@@ -1553,18 +1551,31 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'/div'
 		);
 		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
+
+		$result = $this->Form->input('Contact.password', array('errorMessage' => false));
+		$expected = array(
+			'div' => array('class' => 'input password error'),
+			'label' => array('for' => 'ContactPassword'),
+			'Password',
+			'/label',
+			'input' => array(
+				'type' => 'password', 'name' => 'data[Contact][password]',
+				'id' => 'ContactPassword', 'class' => 'form-error'
+			),
+			'/div'
+		);
+		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
 	}
 
 /**
- * testEmptyErrorValidation method
- *
- * test validation error div when validation message is an empty string
+ * Test validation errors, when validation message is an empty string.
  *
  * @access public
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testEmptyErrorValidation() {
 		$this->Form->validationErrors['Contact']['password'] = '';
+
 		$result = $this->Form->input('Contact.password');
 		$expected = array(
 			'div' => array('class' => 'input password error'),
@@ -1581,18 +1592,31 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'/div'
 		);
 		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
+
+		$result = $this->Form->input('Contact.password', array('errorMessage' => false));
+		$expected = array(
+			'div' => array('class' => 'input password error'),
+			'label' => array('for' => 'ContactPassword'),
+			'Password',
+			'/label',
+			'input' => array(
+				'type' => 'password', 'name' => 'data[Contact][password]',
+				'id' => 'ContactPassword', 'class' => 'form-error'
+			),
+			'/div'
+		);
+		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
 	}
 
 /**
- * testEmptyInputErrorValidation method
- *
- * test validation error div when validation message is overridden by an empty string when calling input()
+ * Test validation errors, when calling input() overriding validation message by an empty string.
  *
  * @access public
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testEmptyInputErrorValidation() {
 		$this->Form->validationErrors['Contact']['password'] = 'Please provide a password';
+
 		$result = $this->Form->input('Contact.password', array('error' => ''));
 		$expected = array(
 			'div' => array('class' => 'input password error'),
@@ -1609,6 +1633,20 @@ class FormHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
 			'/div'
 		);
 		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
+
+		$result = $this->Form->input('Contact.password', array('error' => '', 'errorMessage' => false));
+		$expected = array(
+			'div' => array('class' => 'input password error'),
+			'label' => array('for' => 'ContactPassword'),
+			'Password',
+			'/label',
+			'input' => array(
+				'type' => 'password', 'name' => 'data[Contact][password]',
+				'id' => 'ContactPassword', 'class' => 'form-error'
+			),
+			'/div'
+		);
+		$this->assertTags($result, $expected);
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
index e884abcbd..4ec5e403b 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/Helper/FormHelper.php
@@ -920,16 +920,18 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
  * will be treated as a regular html attribute for the generated input.
  *
  * - `type` - Force the type of widget you want. e.g. `type => 'select'`
- * - `label` - Either a string label, or an array of options for the label. See FormHelper::label()
+ * - `label` - Either a string label, or an array of options for the label. See FormHelper::label().
  * - `div` - Either `false` to disable the div, or an array of options for the div.
  *	See HtmlHelper::div() for more options.
- * - `options` - for widgets that take options e.g. radio, select
- * - `error` - control the error message that is produced
+ * - `options` - For widgets that take options e.g. radio, select.
+ * - `error` - Control the error message that is produced. Set to `false` to disable any kind of error reporting (field
+ *    error and error messages).
+ * - `errorMessage` - Boolean to control rendering error messages (field error will still occur).
  * - `empty` - String or boolean to enable empty select box options.
  * - `before` - Content to place before the label + input.
  * - `after` - Content to place after the label + input.
  * - `between` - Content to place between the label + input.
- * - `format` - format template for element order. Any element that is not in the array, will not be in the output.
+ * - `format` - Format template for element order. Any element that is not in the array, will not be in the output.
  *	- Default input format order: array('before', 'label', 'between', 'input', 'after', 'error')
  *	- Default checkbox format order: array('before', 'input', 'between', 'label', 'after', 'error')
  *	- Hidden input will not be formatted
@@ -1078,6 +1080,9 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 		$error = $this->_extractOption('error', $options, null);
 		unset($options['error']);
 
+		$errorMessage = $this->_extractOption('errorMessage', $options, true);
+		unset($options['errorMessage']);
+
 		$selected = $this->_extractOption('selected', $options, null);
 		unset($options['selected']);
 
@@ -1157,7 +1162,9 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 			$errMsg = $this->error($fieldName, $error);
 			if ($errMsg) {
 				$divOptions = $this->addClass($divOptions, 'error');
-				$out['error'] = $errMsg;
+				if ($errorMessage) {
+					$out['error'] = $errMsg;
+				}
 			}
 		}