Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/DefaultNameFormatter.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/DefaultNameFormatter.java	(revision 2435)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/DefaultNameFormatter.java	(revision 2436)
@@ -133,4 +133,7 @@
 
             int nodesNo = way.getNodesCount();
+            if (nodesNo > 1 && way.isClosed()) {
+                nodesNo--;
+            }
             String nodes = trn("{0} node", "{0} nodes", nodesNo, nodesNo);
             name += (name.length() > 0) ? " ("+nodes+")" : nodes;