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diff --git a/lily/spanner.cc b/lily/spanner.cc
index b5b8a933a2..8533bc72fc 100644
--- a/lily/spanner.cc
+++ b/lily/spanner.cc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   source file of the GNU LilyPond music typesetter
 
-  (c) 1996--2007 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
+  (c) 1996--2009 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
 */
 
 #include "pointer-group-interface.hh"
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Spanner::set_bound (Direction d, Grob *s)
   Item *i = dynamic_cast<Item *> (s);
   if (!i)
     {
-      programming_error ("must have Item for spanner bound");
+      programming_error ("must have Item for spanner bound of " + name());
       return;
     }
 
@@ -424,12 +424,14 @@ Spanner::bounds_width (SCM grob)
 }
 
 ADD_INTERFACE (Spanner,
-	       "Some objects are horizontally spanned between objects. For\n"
-	       "example, slur, beam, tie, etc. These grobs form a subtype called\n"
-	       "@code{Spanner}. All spanners have two span-points (these must be\n"
-	       "@code{Item} objects), one on the left and one on the right. The left bound is\n"
-	       "also the X-reference point of the spanner.\n",
-
+	       "Some objects are horizontally spanned between objects.  For"
+	       " example, slurs, beams, ties, etc.  These grobs form a subtype"
+	       " called @code{Spanner}.  All spanners have two span points"
+	       " (these must be @code{Item} objects), one on the left and one"
+	       " on the right.  The left bound is also the X@tie{}reference"
+	       " point of the spanner.",
+
+	       /* properties */
 	       "minimum-length "
 	       "to-barline "
 	       );