diff --git a/org.eclipse.jface.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/internal/text/link/contentassist/LineBreakingReader.java b/org.eclipse.jface.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/internal/text/link/contentassist/LineBreakingReader.java
index ce1f8e1..480591c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jface.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/internal/text/link/contentassist/LineBreakingReader.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jface.text/src/org/eclipse/jface/internal/text/link/contentassist/LineBreakingReader.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2008 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2013 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 
 				// need to fit into fMaxWidth
 				int length= word.length();
-				while (length >= 0) {
+				while (length > 0) {
 					length--;
 					word= word.substring(0, length);
 					wordWidth= fGC.textExtent(word).x;