diff --git a/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/Paragraph.cpp b/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/Paragraph.cpp
index 43157eb38b..26ad3e95ff 100644
--- a/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/Paragraph.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/Paragraph.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ Paragraph::Insert(int32 offset, const TextSpan& newSpan)
 }
 
 
+void
+Paragraph::Clear()
+{
+	fTextSpans.Clear();
+}
+
+
 int32
 Paragraph::Length() const
 {
diff --git a/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/Paragraph.h b/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/Paragraph.h
index 512189e110..4ad83f4ede 100644
--- a/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/Paragraph.h
+++ b/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/Paragraph.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public:
 
 			bool				Append(const TextSpan& span);
 			bool				Insert(int32 offset, const TextSpan& span);
+			void				Clear();
 
 			int32				Length() const;