diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/diagnostic/errordialog/CommentsTabForm.form b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/diagnostic/errordialog/CommentsTabForm.form
index e786637a4fa4..bbcdb9ebfa48 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/diagnostic/errordialog/CommentsTabForm.form
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/diagnostic/errordialog/CommentsTabForm.form
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
           <grid row="0" column="0" row-span="1" col-span="1" vsize-policy="3" hsize-policy="3" anchor="1" fill="1" indent="0" use-parent-layout="false"/>
         </constraints>
         <properties>
-          <componentClass value="javax.swing.JTextField"/>
+          <componentClass value="javax.swing.JTextPane"/>
           <text value="&amp;Error message"/>
         </properties>
       </component>
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/diagnostic/errordialog/CommentsTabForm.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/diagnostic/errordialog/CommentsTabForm.java
index 721ef10fcf4b..fbe43aaa75e7 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/diagnostic/errordialog/CommentsTabForm.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/diagnostic/errordialog/CommentsTabForm.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import java.awt.*;
 public class CommentsTabForm {
   private LabeledTextComponent myCommentsArea;
   private JPanel myContentPane;
-  private LabeledComponent<JTextField> myErrorComponent;
+  private LabeledComponent<JTextPane> myErrorComponent;
 
   public CommentsTabForm() {
     myCommentsArea.setTitle(DiagnosticBundle.message("error.dialog.comment.prompt"));