diff --git a/interface/wx/dc.h b/interface/wx/dc.h
index 1e4e08bc1a..704e5b06a4 100644
--- a/interface/wx/dc.h
+++ b/interface/wx/dc.h
@@ -1437,6 +1437,16 @@ public:
 class wxDCTextColourChanger
 {
 public:
+    /**
+        Trivial constructor not changing anything.
+
+        This constructor is useful if you don't know beforehand if the colour
+        needs to be changed or not. It simply creates the object which won't do
+        anything in its destructor unless Set() is called -- in which case it
+        would reset the previous colour.
+     */
+    wxDCTextColourChanger(wxDC& dc);
+
     /**
         Sets @a col on the given @a dc, storing the old one.
 
@@ -1447,6 +1457,17 @@ public:
     */
     wxDCTextColourChanger(wxDC& dc, const wxColour& col);
 
+    /**
+        Set the colour to use.
+
+        This method is meant to be called once only and only on the objects
+        created with the constructor overload not taking wxColour argument and
+        has the same effect as the other constructor, i.e. sets the colour to
+        the given @a col and ensures that the old value is restored when this
+        object is destroyed.
+     */
+    void Set(const wxColour& col);
+
     /**
         Restores the colour originally selected in the DC passed to the ctor.
     */