diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 60a2d29432..63c9af8dcd 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -53,20 +53,24 @@ Fork, then:
 npm install
 ```
 
-Then the dependencies will have been installed. You use gulp as build tool.
+Then the dependencies will have been installed. You use gulp and npm calls as build tools.
 
 The following targets are probably interesting:
 
 * jison - compiles the jison grammars to parser files
-* dist - complies files to the dist catalog
 
 for instance:
 ```
-gulp jasmine
+gulp jison
 ```
 To run the tests:
 ```
 npm run karma
 ```
 
+To build the /dist directory
+```
+npm run dist
+```
+
 Thanks, Knut Sveidqvist
diff --git a/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/svgDraw.js b/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/svgDraw.js
index 78cea94bac..3daf223fe9 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/svgDraw.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/svgDraw.js
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ exports.drawLoop = function(elem,bounds,labelText, conf){
     txt.text = labelText;
     txt.x = bounds.startx;
     txt.y = bounds.starty;
-    txt.labelMargin =  1.5 * conf.boxMargin;
-    txt.class =  'labelText';
+    txt.labelMargin =  1.5 * 10; // This is the small box that says "loop"
+    txt.class =  'labelText';    // Its size & position are fixed.
     txt.fill =  'white';
 
     exports.drawLabel(g,txt);