1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/xml/dom/DomDocument.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/xml/dom/DomDocument.java
index bcc729335d5..b32c6b82dfc 100644
--- a/libjava/classpath/gnu/xml/dom/DomDocument.java
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/xml/dom/DomDocument.java
@@ -597,6 +597,8 @@ public class DomDocument
   /**
    * <b>DOM L1</b>
    * Returns a newly created element with the specified name.
+   * The node name of the created element will be equal to {@code name}.
+   * The namespace, prefix and local name will all be {@code null}.
    */
   public Element createElement(String name)
   {
@@ -612,8 +614,7 @@ public class DomDocument
       }
     else
       {
-        DomElement domElement = new DomElement(this, null, name);
-        domElement.localName = null;
+        DomElement domElement = new DomElement(this, null, name, null, null);
         element = domElement;
       }
     if (defaultAttributes)
@@ -813,8 +814,7 @@ public class DomDocument
       }
     else
       {
-        DomAttr ret = new DomAttr(this, null, name);
-        ret.localName = null;
+        DomAttr ret = new DomAttr(this, null, name, null, null);
         return ret;
       }
   }