diff --git a/spine-xna/example/src/ExampleGame.cs b/spine-xna/example/src/ExampleGame.cs
index 0d8034079..37d544cda 100644
--- a/spine-xna/example/src/ExampleGame.cs
+++ b/spine-xna/example/src/ExampleGame.cs
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ namespace Spine {
 			time += gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.Milliseconds / 1000f;
 			animation.Apply(skeleton, time, true);
 			skeleton.UpdateWorldTransform();
+			skeletonRenderer.Begin();
 			skeletonRenderer.Draw(skeleton);
+			skeletonRenderer.End();
 
 			base.Draw(gameTime);
 		}
diff --git a/spine-xna/src/SkeletonRenderer.cs b/spine-xna/src/SkeletonRenderer.cs
index 5b3ff1e22..55ebeb350 100644
--- a/spine-xna/src/SkeletonRenderer.cs
+++ b/spine-xna/src/SkeletonRenderer.cs
@@ -53,12 +53,25 @@ namespace Spine {
 			Bone.yDown = true;
 		}
 
+		public void Begin () {
+			device.RasterizerState = rasterizerState;
+			device.BlendState = BlendState.AlphaBlend;
+		}
+
+		public void End () {
+			foreach (EffectPass pass in effect.CurrentTechnique.Passes) {
+				pass.Apply();
+				batcher.Draw(device);
+			}
+		}
+
 		public void Draw (Skeleton skeleton) {
 			List<Slot> drawOrder = skeleton.DrawOrder;
 			for (int i = 0, n = drawOrder.Count; i < n; i++) {
 				Slot slot = drawOrder[i];
 				Attachment attachment = slot.Attachment;
-				if (attachment == null) continue;
+				if (attachment == null)
+					continue;
 				if (attachment is RegionAttachment) {
 					RegionAttachment regionAttachment = (RegionAttachment)attachment;
 
@@ -112,14 +125,6 @@ namespace Spine {
 					item.vertexTR.TextureCoordinate.Y = uvs[RegionAttachment.Y4];
 				}
 			}
-
-			device.RasterizerState = rasterizerState;
-			device.BlendState = BlendState.AlphaBlend;
-
-			foreach (EffectPass pass in effect.CurrentTechnique.Passes) {
-				pass.Apply();
-				batcher.Draw(device);
-			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spine-xna/src/SpriteBatcher.cs b/spine-xna/src/SpriteBatcher.cs
index e24767400..07f532025 100644
--- a/spine-xna/src/SpriteBatcher.cs
+++ b/spine-xna/src/SpriteBatcher.cs
@@ -77,11 +77,6 @@ namespace Spine {
 	/// sent to the GPU). 
 	/// </summary>
 	public class SpriteBatcher {
-		/*
-		 * Note that this class is fundamental to high performance for SpriteBatch games. Please exercise
-		 * caution when making changes to this class.
-		 */
-
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Initialization size for the batch item list and queue.
 		/// </summary>
@@ -175,11 +170,6 @@ namespace Spine {
 			_vertexArray = new VertexPositionColorTexture[4 * numBatchItems];
 		}
 
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Sorts the batch items and then groups batch drawing into maximal allowed batch sets that do not
-		/// overflow the 16 bit array indices for vertices.
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="sortMode">The type of depth sorting desired for the rendering.</param>
 		public void Draw (GraphicsDevice device) {
 			// nothing to do
 			if (_batchItemList.Count == 0)
@@ -225,8 +215,7 @@ namespace Spine {
 				}
 				// flush the remaining vertexArray data
 				FlushVertexArray(device, startIndex, index);
-				// Update our batch count to continue the process of culling down
-				// large batches
+				// Update our batch count to continue the process of culling down large batches
 				batchCount -= numBatchesToProcess;
 			}
 			_batchItemList.Clear();