diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/AbstractMarkupText.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/AbstractMarkupText.java
index 41e19e5b0c7bf4ce0f4315e7ea5bf25364e57eb8..ed7e319711040b7bbb8ba657a7e1227dca85d626 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/AbstractMarkupText.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/AbstractMarkupText.java
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractMarkupText {
addMarkup(startPos,endPos,"","");
}
+ /**
+ * Hides the given text.
+ */
+ public void hide( int startPos, int endPos ) {
+ addMarkup(startPos,endPos,"","");
+ }
+
/**
* Adds a start tag and end tag around the entire text
*/