diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.xhtml b/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.xhtml
index 316568fc2f..dc95e40c9f 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.xhtml
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/preferences/preferences_advanced.xhtml
@@ -54,9 +54,8 @@
 		<groupbox>
 			<label><html:h2>&zotero.preferences.attachmentBaseDir.caption;</html:h2></label>
 			
-			<!-- This doesn't wrap without an explicit width -->
 			<vbox>
-				<description style="width: 45em;">&zotero.preferences.attachmentBaseDir.message;</description>
+				<description>&zotero.preferences.attachmentBaseDir.message;</description>
 			</vbox>
 			
 			<hbox align="center">
diff --git a/resource/word-processor-plugin-installer.js b/resource/word-processor-plugin-installer.js
index 6951d77d77..7fa8a2ff00 100644
--- a/resource/word-processor-plugin-installer.js
+++ b/resource/word-processor-plugin-installer.js
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ ZoteroPluginInstaller.prototype = {
 		groupbox.appendChild(label);
 
 		var description = document.createXULElement("description");
-		description.style.width = "45em";
 		description.appendChild(document.createTextNode(
 			isInstalled ?
 				Zotero.getString('zotero.preferences.wordProcessors.installed', this._addon.APP) :