/**
     * Returns the background color of this text component.
     * Note that a non-editable <code>TextComponent</code>
     * will default to the background color.
     * <code>SystemColor.control</code>.
     *
     * @return this text component's background color;
     * if this text component does not have a background color,
     * the background color of its parent is returned
     * @see setBackground
     * @since JDK1.0
     */
    public Color getBackground() {
        if (!editable) {
            return SystemColor.control;
        }

        return super.getBackground();
    }

Instead of

     * will default to the background color.
     * <code>SystemColor.control</code>.

It should read

     * will default to <code>SystemColor.control</code>.