diff --git a/announcement/src/main/org/apache/maven/announcement/Formatter.java b/announcement/src/main/org/apache/maven/announcement/Formatter.java
index 9730d545..e69cc316 100644
--- a/announcement/src/main/org/apache/maven/announcement/Formatter.java
+++ b/announcement/src/main/org/apache/maven/announcement/Formatter.java
@@ -26,18 +26,10 @@ import java.util.StringTokenizer;
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:vmassol@apache.org">Vincent Massol</a>
  *
- * @version $Id: Formatter.java,v 1.4 2004/05/01 09:15:39 vmassol Exp $
+ * @version $Id: Formatter.java,v 1.5 2004/05/01 09:46:21 vmassol Exp $
  */
 public final class Formatter
 {
-    /**
-     * Private constructor to prevent anyone from instantiating this utility
-     * class.
-     */
-    private Formatter()
-    {
-    }
-
     /**
      * Format text by wrapping it if it goes beyond the passed column value.
      *
@@ -45,7 +37,7 @@ public final class Formatter
      * @param column the max column position
      * @return the wrapped text
      */
-    public static List format(final String text, final int column)
+    public List format(final String text, final int column)
     {
         StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(text, " \t\r\n");
         List strings = new ArrayList();