diff --git a/doc/src/projects/creator-projects-custom-wizards.qdoc b/doc/src/projects/creator-projects-custom-wizards.qdoc
index 09021ab7dde..591c85a25fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/projects/creator-projects-custom-wizards.qdoc
+++ b/doc/src/projects/creator-projects-custom-wizards.qdoc
@@ -466,6 +466,11 @@
 
     The \c defaulttext attribute specifies text that appears in the field by default.
 
+    The property QTextEdit::acceptRichText can be set by using the boolean
+    attribute \c acceptRichText. It is disabled by default (as opposed to the default
+    value of QTextEdit::acceptRichText) to prevent pasting of rich text with formatting,
+    which is not desireable for code templates.
+
     \section1 Processing Template Files
 
     When processing a template source file, placeholders specifying the field
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customwizard/customwizardpage.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customwizard/customwizardpage.cpp
index 5e4f2217854..11da62e991c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customwizard/customwizardpage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/customwizard/customwizardpage.cpp
@@ -301,6 +301,10 @@ QWidget *CustomWizardFieldPage::registerTextEdit(const QString &fieldName,
                                                  const CustomWizardField &field)
 {
     QTextEdit *textEdit = new QTextEdit;
+    // Suppress formatting by default (inverting QTextEdit's default value) when
+    // pasting from Bug tracker, etc.
+    const bool acceptRichText = field.controlAttributes.value(QLatin1String("acceptRichText")) == QLatin1String("true");
+    textEdit->setAcceptRichText(acceptRichText);
     registerField(fieldName, textEdit, "plainText", SIGNAL(textChanged(QString)));
     const QString defaultText = field.controlAttributes.value(QLatin1String("defaulttext"));
     m_textEdits.push_back(TextEditData(textEdit, defaultText));