Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/MapScaler.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/MapScaler.java	(revision 1273)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/MapScaler.java	(revision 1274)
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@
         LatLon ll2 = mv.getLatLon(100,0);
         double dist = ll1.greatCircleDistance(ll2);
-        String text = dist > 1000 ? Math.round(dist/100)/10 +" km" : (dist >= 1
+        String text = dist >= 2000 ? Math.round(dist/100)/10 +" km" : (dist >= 1
         ? Math.round(dist*10)/10 +" m" : "< 1 m");
         Rectangle2D bound = g.getFontMetrics().getStringBounds(text, g);