- * <60 char long rendering of the input region (for example, if
- * the input is a region of characters, it would be those
- * characters, possibly with ellipses in the middle to truncate
- * the length) -- otherwise, returns null.
+ * rendering of the input region (for example, if the input is a
+ * region of characters, it would be those characters) --
+ * otherwise, returns null. In any case, the string returned
+ * will be no more than <tt>maxLength</tt> characters long;
+ * typically ellipses will be inserted to perform truncation.