diff --git a/lib/jsduck/app.rb b/lib/jsduck/app.rb
index 778e60063ecba56b42d7048efcf26df2d6cda0c7..1477f3184e1fc9389ea8ce4ea4d39acf8af1a53b 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/app.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/app.rb
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ module JsDuck
 
     # Formats each class
     def format_classes
-      doc_formatter = DocFormatter.new(@relations, @opts)
+      doc_formatter = DocFormatter.new(@opts)
+      doc_formatter.relations = @relations
       doc_formatter.img_path = "images"
       class_formatter = ClassFormatter.new(@relations, doc_formatter)
       # Don't format types when exporting
diff --git a/lib/jsduck/assets.rb b/lib/jsduck/assets.rb
index f4c4bf13a31cb43e8094bf9c0efa53898e9786d5..51497b4d0a4b033b25c4369e7169c4dbf7e3db54 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/assets.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/assets.rb
@@ -26,12 +26,15 @@ module JsDuck
       @relations = relations
       @opts = opts
 
+      doc_formatter = DocFormatter.new(@opts)
+      doc_formatter.relations = @relations
+
       @images = Images.new(@opts.images)
       @welcome = Welcome.create(@opts.welcome)
-      @guides = Guides.create(@opts.guides, DocFormatter.new(@relations, @opts), @opts)
+      @guides = Guides.create(@opts.guides, doc_formatter, @opts)
       @videos = Videos.create(@opts.videos)
       @examples = Examples.create(@opts.examples, @opts)
-      @categories = Categories.create(@opts.categories_path, DocFormatter.new(@relations, @opts), @relations)
+      @categories = Categories.create(@opts.categories_path, doc_formatter, @relations)
     end
 
     # Writes out the assets that can be written out separately:
diff --git a/lib/jsduck/doc_formatter.rb b/lib/jsduck/doc_formatter.rb
index bf8e77b7fc413ebe0e9dfba98d1bb6b9e1bedaec..240b986aa5d876adb07ea73b96f37bd941a3c3f1 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/doc_formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/doc_formatter.rb
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ module JsDuck
   # Formats doc-comments
   class DocFormatter
 
-    def initialize(relations={}, opts={})
-      @images = []
-
+    # Creates a formatter configured with options originating from
+    # command line.  For the actual effect of the options see
+    # Inline::* classes.
+    def initialize(opts={})
       @inline_link = Inline::Link.new(opts)
-      @inline_link.relations = relations
       @inline_img = Inline::Img.new(opts)
       @inline_video = Inline::Video.new(opts)
       @inline_example = Inline::Example.new(opts)
@@ -59,6 +59,24 @@ module JsDuck
       @inline_link.relations = relations
     end
 
+    # Formats doc-comment for placement into HTML.
+    # Renders it with Markdown-formatter and replaces @link-s.
+    def format(input)
+      # In ExtJS source "<pre>" is often at the end of paragraph, not
+      # on its own line.  But in that case RDiscount doesn't recognize
+      # it as the beginning of <pre>-block and goes on parsing it as
+      # normal Markdown, which often causes nested <pre>-blocks.
+      #
+      # To prevent this, we always add extra newline before <pre>.
+      input.gsub!(/([^\n])<pre>/, "\\1\n<pre>")
+
+      # But we remove trailing newline after <pre> to prevent
+      # code-blocks beginning with empty line.
+      input.gsub!(/<pre>(<code>)?\n?/, "<pre>\\1")
+
+      replace(RDiscount.new(input).to_html)
+    end
+
     # Replaces {@link} and {@img} tags, auto-generates links for
     # recognized classnames.
     #
@@ -111,6 +129,7 @@ module JsDuck
           out += open_a_tags > 0 ? text : @inline_link.create_magic_links(text)
         end
       end
+
       out
     end
 
@@ -119,24 +138,6 @@ module JsDuck
       @inline_link.link(cls, member, anchor_text, type, static)
     end
 
-    # Formats doc-comment for placement into HTML.
-    # Renders it with Markdown-formatter and replaces @link-s.
-    def format(input)
-      # In ExtJS source "<pre>" is often at the end of paragraph, not
-      # on its own line.  But in that case RDiscount doesn't recognize
-      # it as the beginning of <pre>-block and goes on parsing it as
-      # normal Markdown, which often causes nested <pre>-blocks.
-      #
-      # To prevent this, we always add extra newline before <pre>.
-      input.gsub!(/([^\n])<pre>/, "\\1\n<pre>")
-
-      # But we remove trailing newline after <pre> to prevent
-      # code-blocks beginning with empty line.
-      input.gsub!(/<pre>(<code>)?\n?/, "<pre>\\1")
-
-      replace(RDiscount.new(input).to_html)
-    end
-
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/spec/type_parser_spec.rb b/spec/type_parser_spec.rb
index 782e08d8171e8a00b6e99492240d6b9bf963d2c9..fd814e8d9dac6fa71a098e653bc59ff27e2d59db 100644
--- a/spec/type_parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/type_parser_spec.rb
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ describe JsDuck::TypeParser do
 
     it "links primitive types to classes" do
       relations = JsDuck::Relations.new([JsDuck::Class.new({:name => "String"})])
-      doc_formatter = JsDuck::DocFormatter.new(relations)
+      doc_formatter = JsDuck::DocFormatter.new
+      doc_formatter.relations = relations
       p = JsDuck::TypeParser.new(relations, doc_formatter)
       p.parse("string")
       p.out.should == '<a href="String">string</a>'
@@ -355,4 +356,3 @@ describe JsDuck::TypeParser do
   end
 
 end
-