Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/widgets/JMultilineLabel.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/widgets/JMultilineLabel.java	(revision 6910)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/widgets/JMultilineLabel.java	(revision 6911)
@@ -33,7 +33,16 @@
      */
     public JMultilineLabel(String text) {
-        this(text, true);
+        this(text, false);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Constructs a normal label but adds HTML tags if not already done so.
+     * Supports both newline characters (<code>\n</code>) as well as the HTML
+     * <code>&lt;br&gt;</code> to insert new lines.
+     *
+     * Use setMaxWidth to limit the width of the label.
+     * @param text The text to display
+     * @param allBold If {@code true}, makes all text to be displayed in bold
+     */
     public JMultilineLabel(String text, boolean allBold) {
         JosmEditorPane.makeJLabelLike(this, allBold);
@@ -49,5 +58,5 @@
      * this saves a little bit of overhead and is actually taken into account.
      *
-     * @param width
+     * @param width the maximum width
      */
     public void setMaxWidth(int width) {
Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/widgets/JosmEditorPane.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/widgets/JosmEditorPane.java	(revision 6910)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/widgets/JosmEditorPane.java	(revision 6911)
@@ -83,4 +83,6 @@
     /**
      * Adapts an {@link JEditorPane} to be used as a powerful replacement of {@link javax.swing.JLabel}.
+     * @param pane The editor pane to adapt
+     * @param allBold If {@code true}, makes all text to be displayed in bold
      */
     public static void makeJLabelLike(JEditorPane pane, boolean allBold) {