diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/awt/GraphicsDevice.java b/src/share/classes/java/awt/GraphicsDevice.java
index 25c6eb5d41fb9650ada98f8739cd4997f56fd13b..f3b7cd390a66eb540fee829746e22fa384a71de5 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/awt/GraphicsDevice.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/awt/GraphicsDevice.java
@@ -243,8 +243,10 @@ public abstract class GraphicsDevice {
      * a non-client of the input method framework.
      * </ul>
      * <p>
-     * Simulated full-screen mode resizes
-     * the window to the size of the screen and positions it at (0,0).
+     * The simulated full-screen mode places and resizes the window to the maximum
+     * possible visible area of the screen. However, the native windowing system
+     * may modify the requested geometry-related data, so that the {@code Window} object
+     * is placed and sized in a way that corresponds closely to the desktop settings.
      * <p>
      * When entering full-screen mode, if the window to be used as a
      * full-screen window is not visible, this method will make it visible.
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/awt/Window.java b/src/share/classes/java/awt/Window.java
index 5d8f1e6695d81e31e5f7fa37055ef87f7a5b240a..e5dbc67afce00d346d7655d7c87645d8c2f91122 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/awt/Window.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/awt/Window.java
@@ -870,6 +870,11 @@ public class Window extends Container implements Accessible {
      * are automatically enlarged if either is less than
      * the minimum size as specified by previous call to
      * {@code setMinimumSize}.
+     * <p>
+     * The method changes the geometry-related data. Therefore,
+     * the native windowing system may ignore such requests, or it may modify
+     * the requested data, so that the {@code Window} object is placed and sized
+     * in a way that corresponds closely to the desktop settings.
      *
      * @see #getSize
      * @see #setBounds
@@ -887,6 +892,11 @@ public class Window extends Container implements Accessible {
      * are automatically enlarged if either is less than
      * the minimum size as specified by previous call to
      * {@code setMinimumSize}.
+     * <p>
+     * The method changes the geometry-related data. Therefore,
+     * the native windowing system may ignore such requests, or it may modify
+     * the requested data, so that the {@code Window} object is placed and sized
+     * in a way that corresponds closely to the desktop settings.
      *
      * @see #getSize
      * @see #setBounds
@@ -897,6 +907,32 @@ public class Window extends Container implements Accessible {
         super.setSize(width, height);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     * <p>
+     * The method changes the geometry-related data. Therefore,
+     * the native windowing system may ignore such requests, or it may modify
+     * the requested data, so that the {@code Window} object is placed and sized
+     * in a way that corresponds closely to the desktop settings.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setLocation(int x, int y) {
+        super.setLocation(x, y);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     * <p>
+     * The method changes the geometry-related data. Therefore,
+     * the native windowing system may ignore such requests, or it may modify
+     * the requested data, so that the {@code Window} object is placed and sized
+     * in a way that corresponds closely to the desktop settings.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setLocation(Point p) {
+        super.setLocation(p);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @deprecated As of JDK version 1.1,
      * replaced by <code>setBounds(int, int, int, int)</code>.
@@ -3147,6 +3183,11 @@ public class Window extends Container implements Accessible {
      * placed at the left side of the screen. The similar placement
      * will occur if both top and bottom edges are out of the screen.
      * In that case, the window is placed at the top side of the screen.
+     * <p>
+     * The method changes the geometry-related data. Therefore,
+     * the native windowing system may ignore such requests, or it may modify
+     * the requested data, so that the {@code Window} object is placed and sized
+     * in a way that corresponds closely to the desktop settings.
      *
      * @param c  the component in relation to which the window's location
      *           is determined
@@ -3395,6 +3436,11 @@ public class Window extends Container implements Accessible {
      * are automatically enlarged if either is less than
      * the minimum size as specified by previous call to
      * {@code setMinimumSize}.
+     * <p>
+     * The method changes the geometry-related data. Therefore,
+     * the native windowing system may ignore such requests, or it may modify
+     * the requested data, so that the {@code Window} object is placed and sized
+     * in a way that corresponds closely to the desktop settings.
      *
      * @see #getBounds
      * @see #setLocation(int, int)
@@ -3424,6 +3470,11 @@ public class Window extends Container implements Accessible {
      * will be automatically enlarged if either is less than
      * the minimum size as specified by previous call to
      * {@code setMinimumSize}.
+     * <p>
+     * The method changes the geometry-related data. Therefore,
+     * the native windowing system may ignore such requests, or it may modify
+     * the requested data, so that the {@code Window} object is placed and sized
+     * in a way that corresponds closely to the desktop settings.
      *
      * @see #getBounds
      * @see #setLocation(int, int)