diff --git a/Headers/gnustep/base/NSFormatter.h b/Headers/gnustep/base/NSFormatter.h
index af7882558..afe4d741a 100644
--- a/Headers/gnustep/base/NSFormatter.h
+++ b/Headers/gnustep/base/NSFormatter.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define __NSFormatter_h_GNUSTEP_BASE_INCLUDE
 
 #include	<Foundation/NSObject.h>
+#include	<Foundation/NSGeometry.h>
 
 #ifndef	STRICT_OPENSTEP
 
diff --git a/Source/NSFormatter.m b/Source/NSFormatter.m
index 9728d0909..7cbea9372 100644
--- a/Source/NSFormatter.m
+++ b/Source/NSFormatter.m
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
 	originalSelectedRange: (NSRange)originalSelRangePtr
 	     errorDescription: (NSString**)error
 {
-  *newString = nil;
   *error = nil;
   return YES;
 }