diff --git modules/system/system.admin.inc modules/system/system.admin.inc
index d87b673..3de91fb 100644
--- modules/system/system.admin.inc
+++ modules/system/system.admin.inc
@@ -1497,41 +1497,52 @@ function system_ip_blocking_delete_submit($form, &$form_state) {
  * @see system_settings_form()
  */
 function system_site_information_settings() {
-  $form['site_name'] = array(
+  $form['site_information'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'fieldset',
+    '#title' => t('Site details'),
+  );
+  $form['site_information']['site_name'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('Site name'),
     '#default_value' => variable_get('site_name', 'Drupal'),
     '#required' => TRUE
   );
-  $form['site_slogan'] = array(
+  $form['site_information']['site_slogan'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('Slogan'),
     '#default_value' => variable_get('site_slogan', ''),
     '#description' => t("How this is used depends on your site's theme."),
   );
-  $form['site_mail'] = array(
+  $form['site_information']['site_mail'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('E-mail address'),
     '#default_value' => variable_get('site_mail', ini_get('sendmail_from')),
     '#description' => t("The <em>From</em> address in automated e-mails sent during registration and new password requests, and other notifications. (Use an address ending in your site's domain to help prevent this e-mail being flagged as spam.)"),
     '#required' => TRUE,
   );
-  $form['site_frontpage'] = array(
-    '#type' => 'textfield',
-    '#title' => t('Default front page'),
-    '#default_value' => drupal_get_path_alias(variable_get('site_frontpage', 'node')),
-    '#size' => 40,
-    '#description' => t('The home page displays content from this relative URL. If unsure, specify "node".'),
-    '#field_prefix' => url(NULL, array('absolute' => TRUE)) . (variable_get('clean_url', 0) ? '' : '?q='),
-    '#required' => TRUE,
+  $form['front_page'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'fieldset',
+    '#title' => t('Front page'),
   );
-  $form['default_nodes_main'] = array(
+  $form['front_page']['default_nodes_main'] = array(
     '#type' => 'select', '#title' => t('Number of posts on front page'),
     '#default_value' => variable_get('default_nodes_main', 10),
     '#options' => drupal_map_assoc(array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30)),
     '#description' => t('The maximum number of posts displayed on overview pages such as the front page.')
   );
-  $form['site_403'] = array(
+  $form['front_page']['site_frontpage'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'textfield',
+    '#title' => t('Default front page'),
+    '#default_value' => (variable_get('site_frontpage')!='node'?drupal_get_path_alias(variable_get('site_frontpage', 'node')):''),
+    '#size' => 40,
+    '#description' => t('Optionally, specify a relative URL to display as the front page.  Leave blank to display the default content feed.'),
+    '#field_prefix' => url(NULL, array('absolute' => TRUE)) . (variable_get('clean_url', 0) ? '' : '?q='),
+  );
+  $form['error_page'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'fieldset',
+    '#title' => t('Error pages'),
+  );
+  $form['error_page']['site_403'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('Default 403 (access denied) page'),
     '#default_value' => variable_get('site_403', ''),
@@ -1539,7 +1550,7 @@ function system_site_information_settings() {
     '#description' => t('This page is displayed when the requested document is denied to the current user. Leave blank to display a generic "access denied" page.'),
     '#field_prefix' => url(NULL, array('absolute' => TRUE)) . (variable_get('clean_url', 0) ? '' : '?q=')
   );
-  $form['site_404'] = array(
+  $form['error_page']['site_404'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('Default 404 (not found) page'),
     '#default_value' => variable_get('site_404', ''),
@@ -1547,13 +1558,6 @@ function system_site_information_settings() {
     '#description' => t('This page is displayed when no other content matches the requested document. Leave blank to display a generic "page not found" page.'),
     '#field_prefix' => url(NULL, array('absolute' => TRUE)) . (variable_get('clean_url', 0) ? '' : '?q=')
   );
-  $form['cron_safe_threshold'] = array(
-    '#type' => 'select',
-    '#title' => t('Automatically run cron'),
-    '#default_value' => variable_get('cron_safe_threshold', DRUPAL_CRON_DEFAULT_THRESHOLD),
-    '#options' => array(0 => t('Never')) + drupal_map_assoc(array(3600, 10800, 21600, 43200, 86400, 604800), 'format_interval'),
-    '#description' => t('When enabled, the site will check whether cron has been run in the configured interval and automatically run it upon the next page request. For more information visit the <a href="@status-report-url">status report page</a>.', array('@status-report-url' => url('admin/reports/status'))),
-  );
 
   $form['#validate'][] = 'system_site_information_settings_validate';
 
@@ -1561,19 +1565,91 @@ function system_site_information_settings() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Validate the submitted site-information form.
+ * Validates the submitted site-information form.
  */
 function system_site_information_settings_validate($form, &$form_state) {
   // Validate the e-mail address.
   if ($error = user_validate_mail($form_state['values']['site_mail'])) {
     form_set_error('site_mail', $error);
   }
-  // Get the normal path of the front page.
-  form_set_value($form['site_frontpage'], drupal_get_normal_path($form_state['values']['site_frontpage']), $form_state);
+  // Check for empty front page path.
+  if (empty($form_state['values']['site_frontpage'])) {
+    // Set to default "node".
+    form_set_value($form['front_page']['site_frontpage'], 'node', $form_state);
+  }
+  else {
+    // Get the normal path of the front page.
+    form_set_value($form['front_page']['site_frontpage'], drupal_get_normal_path($form_state['values']['site_frontpage']), $form_state);
+  }
   // Validate front page path.
   if (!drupal_valid_path($form_state['values']['site_frontpage'])) {
-    form_set_error('site_frontpage', t("The path '@path' is either invalid or you do not have access to it.", array('@path' => $form_state['values']['site_frontpage'])));
+    form_set_error('site_frontpage', t("The path '%path' is either invalid or you do not have access to it.", array('%path' => $form_state['values']['site_frontpage'])));
   }
+  // Get the normal paths of both error pages.
+  if (!empty($form_state['values']['site_403'])) {
+    form_set_value($form['error_page']['site_403'], drupal_get_normal_path($form_state['values']['site_403']), $form_state);
+  }
+  if (!empty($form_state['values']['site_404'])) {
+    form_set_value($form['error_page']['site_404'], drupal_get_normal_path($form_state['values']['site_404']), $form_state);
+  }
+  // Validate 403 error path.
+  if (!empty($form_state['values']['site_403']) && !drupal_valid_path($form_state['values']['site_403'])) {
+    form_set_error('site_403', t("The path '%path' is either invalid or you do not have access to it.", array('%path' => $form_state['values']['site_403'])));
+  }
+  // Validate 404 error path.
+  if (!empty($form_state['values']['site_404']) && !drupal_valid_path($form_state['values']['site_404'])) {
+    form_set_error('site_404', t("The path '%path' is either invalid or you do not have access to it.", array('%path' => $form_state['values']['site_404'])));
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Form builder; Cron form.
+ *
+ * @see system_settings_form()
+ * @ingroup forms
+ */
+function system_cron_settings() {
+  $form['cron'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'fieldset',
+    '#title' => t('Cron'),
+  );
+  $form['cron']['description'] = array(
+    '#markup' => '<p>'.t('Cron takes care of running periodical tasks like check for updates and index content for search.').'</p>',
+  );
+  $form['cron']['run'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'submit',
+    '#value' => t('Run cron'),
+    '#submit' => array('system_run_cron_submit'),
+  );
+  $status = '<p>' . t('Last time cron was run %cron-last ago.', array('%cron-last' => format_interval(REQUEST_TIME - variable_get('cron_last')),)) . '</p>';
+  $form['cron']['status'] = array(
+    '#markup' => $status,
+  );
+  $form['cron']['cron_safe_threshold'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'select',
+    '#title' => t('Run cron every'),
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('cron_safe_threshold', DRUPAL_CRON_DEFAULT_THRESHOLD),
+    '#options' => array(0 => t('Never')) + drupal_map_assoc(array(3600, 10800, 21600, 43200, 86400, 604800), 'format_interval'),
+  );
+
+  return system_settings_form($form, FALSE);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Submit callback; run cron.
+ *
+ * @ingroup forms
+ */
+function system_run_cron_submit($form, &$form_state) {
+  // Run cron manually from Cron form.
+  if (drupal_cron_run()) {
+    drupal_set_message(t('Cron run successfully.'));
+  }
+  else {
+    drupal_set_message(t('Cron run failed.'), 'error');
+  }
+
+  drupal_goto('admin/config/system/cron');
 }
 
 /**
diff --git modules/system/system.module modules/system/system.module
index 0317810..03424c3 100644
--- modules/system/system.module
+++ modules/system/system.module
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ function system_help($path, $arg) {
       return '<p>' . t('IP addresses listed here are blocked from your site before any modules are loaded. You may add IP addresses to the list, or delete existing entries.') . '</p>';
     case 'admin/reports/status':
       return '<p>' . t("Here you can find a short overview of your site's parameters as well as any problems detected with your installation. It may be useful to copy and paste this information into support requests filed on drupal.org's support forums and project issue queues.") . '</p>';
+    case 'admin/config/user-interface/error-pages':
+      return '<p>' . t("Specify paths to be displayed as errors to site visitors when the content cannot be found (404) or when access has been denied to the user (403).  Leave each field blank to use generic error pages.") . '</p>';
   }
 }
 
@@ -957,14 +959,22 @@ function system_menu() {
   );
   $items['admin/config/system/site-information'] = array(
     'title' => 'Site information',
-    'description' => 'Change site name, e-mail address, slogan, default front page, number of posts per page, error pages and cron.',
+    'description' => t('Change site name, e-mail address, slogan, default front page, and number of posts per page.'),
     'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
     'page arguments' => array('system_site_information_settings'),
     'access arguments' => array('administer site configuration'),
     'file' => 'system.admin.inc',
     'weight' => -20,
   );
-
+  $items['admin/config/system/cron'] = array(
+    'title' => t('Cron'),
+    'description' => t('Manage automatic site maintenance tasks.'),
+    'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
+    'page arguments' => array('system_cron_settings'),
+    'access arguments' => array('administer site configuration'),
+    'file' => 'system.admin.inc',
+    'weight' => 20,
+  );
   // Additional categories
   $items['admin/config/user-interface'] = array(
     'title' => 'User interface',
diff --git modules/system/system.test modules/system/system.test
index 6c94b93..a2122d2 100644
--- modules/system/system.test
+++ modules/system/system.test
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ class CronRunTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     // Disable the cron threshold through the interface.
     $admin_user = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('administer site configuration'));
     $this->drupalLogin($admin_user);
-    $this->drupalPost('admin/config/system/site-information', array('cron_safe_threshold' => 0), t('Save configuration'));
+    $this->drupalPost('admin/config/system/cron', array('cron_safe_threshold' => 0), t('Save configuration'));
     $this->assertText(t('The configuration options have been saved.'));
     $this->drupalLogout();
 
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ class AccessDeniedTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
     $this->drupalPost('admin/config/system/site-information', $edit, t('Log in'));
 
     // Check that we're still on the same page.
-    $this->assertText(t('Site information'));
+    $this->assertText(t('Error pages'));
   }
 }