diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index c334d380e..27dc29fcf 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ export(wb_clone_sheet_style)
 export(wb_clone_worksheet)
 export(wb_color)
 export(wb_colour)
+export(wb_comment)
 export(wb_copy_cells)
 export(wb_data)
 export(wb_dims)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a11bb945a..652d69b7e 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -11,11 +11,19 @@
 
 * provide solve argument for `wb_merge_cells()`. This allows to solve cell intersecting regions. [733](https://github.com/JanMarvin/openxlsx2/pull/733)
 
+* `wb_add_comment(comment = "x")` no longer errors when a comment as a character vector no longer fails [758, @olivroy](https://github.com/JanMarvin/openxlsx2/pull/758)
+
 ## Breaking changes
 
 * no longer exporting `wb_get_sheet_name()`
 * deprecating `delete_data()` and minor improvements to `wb_clean_sheet()`
 * removing `wb_get_worksheet()`, `wb_ws()`. These never worked as expected.
+* `create_comment()` has been renamed `wb_comment()`.  [758, @olivroy](https://github.com/JanMarvin/openxlsx2/pull/758) The default arguments however are changed:
+
+  * `author` looks at `options("openxlsx2.creator")` in `wb_comment()` compared to only `sys.getenv("user")` in `create_comment()`
+  * `visible` defaults to `FALSE` in `wb_comment()` to account for modern spreadsheet software behaviour.
+  In `create_comment()`, it is `TRUE`.
+  * `width` and `height` must now be of length 1. (In `create_comment()`, the first element is taken, other are ignored.)
 
 ## Internal changes
 
diff --git a/R/class-comment.R b/R/class-comment.R
index a61333bcc..ec4c2bee9 100644
--- a/R/class-comment.R
+++ b/R/class-comment.R
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ wbComment <- R6::R6Class(
     #' @param width Width of the comment in ... units
     #' @param height Height of comment in ... units
     #' @return a `wbComment` object
-    initialize = function(text, author, style, visible = TRUE, width = 2, height = 4) {
-      # TODO this needs the validations that the comment wrappers have
+    initialize = function(text, author, style, visible, width, height) {
       self$text <- text
       self$author <- author
       self$style <- style
@@ -76,63 +75,63 @@ wbComment <- R6::R6Class(
     }
   )
 )
-
-
-# wrappers ----------------------------------------------------------------
+# Comment creation wrappers ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # TODO create_comment() should leverage wbComment$new() more
 # TODO write_comment() should leverage wbWorkbook$addComment() more
 # TODO remove_comment() should leverage wbWorkbook$remove_comment() more
 
-#' Create a comment
+#' Create a comment object
 #'
 #' Creates a `wbComment` object. Use with [wb_add_comment()] to add to a worksheet location.
 #'
-#' @param text Comment text. Character vector.
-#' @param author Author of comment. A string.
+#' @param text Comment text. Character vector. or a [fmt_txt()] string.
+#' @param author Author of comment. A string. By default, will look at `options("openxlsx2.creator")`.
+#'   Otherwise, will check the system username.
 #' @param style A Style object or list of style objects the same length as comment vector.
-#' @param visible `TRUE` or `FALSE`. Is comment visible?
+#' @param visible Is comment visible? Default: `FALSE`.
 #' @param width Textbox integer width in number of cells
 #' @param height Textbox integer height in number of cells
-#' @returns a `wbComment` object
-#' @seealso [wb_add_comment()]
+#'
+#' @return A `wbComment` object
 #' @export
 #' @examples
 #' wb <- wb_workbook()
 #' wb$add_worksheet("Sheet 1")
 #'
 #' # write comment without author
-#' c1 <- create_comment(text = "this is a comment", author = "")
+#' c1 <- wb_comment(text = "this is a comment", author = "", visible = TRUE)
 #' wb$add_comment(dims = "B10", comment = c1)
 #'
 #' # Write another comment with author information
-#' c2 <- create_comment(text = "this is another comment", author = "Marco Polo")
+#' c2 <- wb_comment(text = "this is another comment", author = "Marco Polo")
 #' wb$add_comment(sheet = 1, dims = "C10", comment = c2)
 #'
 #' # write a styled comment with system author
 #' s1 <- create_font(b = "true", color = wb_color(hex = "FFFF0000"), sz = "12")
 #' s2 <- create_font(color = wb_color(hex = "FF000000"), sz = "9")
-#' c3 <- create_comment(text = c("This Part Bold red\n\n", "This part black"), style = c(s1, s2))
+#' c3 <- wb_comment(text = c("This Part Bold red\n\n", "This part black"), style = c(s1, s2))
 #'
 #' wb$add_comment(sheet = 1, dims = wb_dims(3, 6), comment = c3)
-create_comment <- function(text,
-  author = Sys.info()[["user"]],
-  style = NULL,
-  visible = TRUE,
-  width = 2,
-  height = 4) {
-
-  # TODO move this to wbComment$new(); this could then be replaced with
-  # wb_comment()
-
+wb_comment <- function(text = NULL,
+                       style = NULL,
+                       visible = FALSE,
+                       author = getOption("openxlsx2.creator"),
+                       width = 2,
+                       height = 4) {
+  # Code copied from the wbWorkbook
+  author <- author %||% Sys.getenv("USERNAME")
+  text <- text %||% ""
   assert_class(author, "character")
   assert_class(text, "character")
-  assert_class(width, "numeric")
-  assert_class(height, "numeric")
+  assert_class(width, c("numeric", "integer"))
+  assert_class(height, c("numeric", "integer"))
   assert_class(visible, "logical")
 
   if (length(visible) > 1) stop("visible must be a single logical")
   if (length(author) > 1) stop("author) must be a single character")
+  if (length(width) > 1) stop("width must be a single integer")
+  if (length(height) > 1) stop("height must be a single integer")
 
   width <- round(width)
   height <- round(height)
@@ -163,7 +162,30 @@ create_comment <- function(text,
     )
   }
 
-  invisible(wbComment$new(text = text, author = author, style = style, visible = visible, width = width[1], height = height[1]))
+  invisible(wbComment$new(text = text, author = author, style = style, width = width, height = height, visible = visible))
+}
+
+#' Create a comment
+#'
+#' Use [wb_comment()] in new code.
+#'
+#' @inheritParams wb_comment
+#' @param author A string, by default, will use "user"
+#' @param visible Default: `TRUE`. Is the comment visible by default?
+#' @keywords internal
+#' @returns a `wbComment` object
+#' @export
+create_comment <- function(text,
+  author = Sys.info()[["user"]],
+  style = NULL,
+  visible = TRUE,
+  width = 2,
+  height = 4) {
+  #
+  if (getOption("openxlsx2.soon_deprecated", default = FALSE)) {
+    .Deprecated("wb_comment()")
+  }
+  wb_comment(text = text, author = author, style = style, visible = visible, width = width[1], height = height[1])
 }
 
 #' Internal comment functions
@@ -383,9 +405,7 @@ remove_comment <- function(
 
 }
 
-wb_comment <- function(text = character(), author = character(), style = character()) {
-  wbComment$new(text = text, author = author, style = style)
-}
+
 
 as_fmt_txt <- function(x) {
   vapply(x, function(y) {
diff --git a/R/class-workbook-wrappers.R b/R/class-workbook-wrappers.R
index 29007e3a9..fe76ff526 100644
--- a/R/class-workbook-wrappers.R
+++ b/R/class-workbook-wrappers.R
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #' "Old Office Theme", "Organic", "Parallax", "Parcel", "Retrospect",
 #' "Savon", "Slice", "Vapor Trail", "View", "Wisp", "Wood Type"
 #'
-#' @param creator Creator of the workbook (your name). Defaults to login username
+#' @param creator Creator of the workbook (your name). Defaults to login username or `options("openxlsx2.creator")` if set.
 #' @param title,subject,category Workbook property, a string.
 #' @param datetime_created The time of the workbook is created
 #' @param theme Optional theme identified by string or number.
@@ -2965,37 +2965,34 @@ wb_add_dxfs_style <- function(
 
 }
 
-#' Add / remove comment in a worksheet
+#' Add comment to worksheet
 #'
-#' @description
-#' The comment functions (add and remove) allow the modification of comments.
-#' In more recent spreadsheet software they are called notes, while they are called
-#' comments in openxml. Modification of what newer spreadsheet software now calls
-#' comment is possible via [wb_add_thread()].
-#'
-#' `comment` can be created with [create_comment()] to add styling.
+#' @details
+#' If applying a `comment` with a string, it will use [wb_comment()] default values.
 #'
-#' @param wb A Workbook object
+#' @param wb A workbook object
 #' @param sheet A worksheet of the workbook
-#' @param dims Row and column as spreadsheet dimension, e.g. "A1"
-#' @param comment A comment to apply to the worksheet
-# TODO To fit, maybe comment, can be `x`
+#' @param dims Optional row and column as spreadsheet dimension, e.g. "A1"
+#' @param comment A comment to apply to `dims` created by [wb_comment()], a string or a [fmt_txt()] object
 #' @param ... additional arguments
 #' @returns The Workbook object, invisibly.
-#' @seealso [create_comment()], [wb_add_thread()]
+#' @seealso [wb_comment()], [wb_add_thread()]
 #' @name wb_add_comment
 #' @keywords comments
 #' @examples
 #' wb <- wb_workbook()
 #' wb$add_worksheet("Sheet 1")
 #' # add a comment without author
-#' c1 <- create_comment(text = "this is a comment", author = "")
+#' c1 <- wb_comment(text = "this is a comment", author = "")
 #' wb$add_comment(dims = "B10", comment = c1)
 #' #' # Remove comment
 #' wb$remove_comment(sheet = "Sheet 1", dims = "B10")
 #' # Write another comment with author information
-#' c2 <- create_comment(text = "this is another comment", author = "Marco Polo")
+#' c2 <- wb_comment(text = "this is another comment", author = "Marco Polo", visible = TRUE)
 #' wb$add_comment(sheet = 1, dims = "C10", comment = c2)
+#' # Works with formatted text also.
+#' formatted_text <- fmt_txt("bar", underline = TRUE)
+#' wb$add_comment(dims = "B5", comment = formatted_text)
 NULL
 #' @rdname wb_add_comment
 #' @export
@@ -3008,6 +3005,11 @@ wb_add_comment <- function(
   ) {
 
   assert_workbook(wb)
+
+  if (is.character(comment)) {
+    comment <- wb_comment(text = comment, author = getOption("openxlsx2.creator"))
+  }
+
   assert_comment(comment)
 
   wb$clone()$add_comment(
diff --git a/R/class-workbook.R b/R/class-workbook.R
index c2a6c54ea..76b20b374 100644
--- a/R/class-workbook.R
+++ b/R/class-workbook.R
@@ -3747,6 +3747,10 @@ wbWorkbook <- R6::R6Class(
         dims <- rowcol_to_dim(row, col)
       }
 
+      if (is.character(comment)) {
+        comment <- wb_comment(text = comment, author = getOption("openxlsx2.creator"))
+      }
+
       write_comment(
         wb      = self,
         sheet   = sheet,
diff --git a/R/openxlsx2-package.R b/R/openxlsx2-package.R
index ce518aa94..9213a5924 100644
--- a/R/openxlsx2-package.R
+++ b/R/openxlsx2-package.R
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
 #' * `options("openxlsx2.orientation" = "portrait")` ## page orientation
 #' * `options("openxlsx2.sheet.default_name" = "Sheet")`
 #' * `options("openxlsx2.rightToLeft" = NULL)`
+#' * `options("openxlsx2.soon_deprecated" = FALSE)` ## warn if using camelCase
+#' * `options("openxlsx2.creator")` ## Default is Windows Username
 #'
 #' @name openxlsx2_options
 NULL
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ openxlsx2_celltype <- c(
 #' * [convertToExcelDate()] -> [convert_to_excel_date()]
 #' * [wb_grid_lines()] -> [wb_set_grid_lines()]
 #' * [delete_data()] -> [wb_clean_sheet()]
+#' * [create_comment()] -> [wb_comment()]
 #' @seealso [.Deprecated]
 #' @name openxlsx2-deprecated
 NULL
diff --git a/_pkgdown.yml b/_pkgdown.yml
index 1fb5579ed..fddfe7d59 100644
--- a/_pkgdown.yml
+++ b/_pkgdown.yml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ reference:
   contents:
   - wb_dims
   - wb_color
+  - wb_comment
   - wb_hyperlink
   - starts_with("create_")
 
diff --git a/man/create_comment.Rd b/man/create_comment.Rd
index 53749ddb1..0134b8f7c 100644
--- a/man/create_comment.Rd
+++ b/man/create_comment.Rd
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ create_comment(
 )
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{text}{Comment text. Character vector.}
+\item{text}{Comment text. Character vector. or a \code{\link[=fmt_txt]{fmt_txt()}} string.}
 
-\item{author}{Author of comment. A string.}
+\item{author}{A string, by default, will use "user"}
 
 \item{style}{A Style object or list of style objects the same length as comment vector.}
 
-\item{visible}{\code{TRUE} or \code{FALSE}. Is comment visible?}
+\item{visible}{Default: \code{TRUE}. Is the comment visible by default?}
 
 \item{width}{Textbox integer width in number of cells}
 
@@ -30,27 +30,6 @@ create_comment(
 a \code{wbComment} object
 }
 \description{
-Creates a \code{wbComment} object. Use with \code{\link[=wb_add_comment]{wb_add_comment()}} to add to a worksheet location.
-}
-\examples{
-wb <- wb_workbook()
-wb$add_worksheet("Sheet 1")
-
-# write comment without author
-c1 <- create_comment(text = "this is a comment", author = "")
-wb$add_comment(dims = "B10", comment = c1)
-
-# Write another comment with author information
-c2 <- create_comment(text = "this is another comment", author = "Marco Polo")
-wb$add_comment(sheet = 1, dims = "C10", comment = c2)
-
-# write a styled comment with system author
-s1 <- create_font(b = "true", color = wb_color(hex = "FFFF0000"), sz = "12")
-s2 <- create_font(color = wb_color(hex = "FF000000"), sz = "9")
-c3 <- create_comment(text = c("This Part Bold red\n\n", "This part black"), style = c(s1, s2))
-
-wb$add_comment(sheet = 1, dims = wb_dims(3, 6), comment = c3)
-}
-\seealso{
-\code{\link[=wb_add_comment]{wb_add_comment()}}
+Use \code{\link[=wb_comment]{wb_comment()}} in new code.
 }
+\keyword{internal}
diff --git a/man/openxlsx2-deprecated.Rd b/man/openxlsx2-deprecated.Rd
index 9ee5e4956..a197acb3b 100644
--- a/man/openxlsx2-deprecated.Rd
+++ b/man/openxlsx2-deprecated.Rd
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ These functions are provided for compatibility with older versions of \code{open
 \item \code{\link[=convertToExcelDate]{convertToExcelDate()}} -> \code{\link[=convert_to_excel_date]{convert_to_excel_date()}}
 \item \code{\link[=wb_grid_lines]{wb_grid_lines()}} -> \code{\link[=wb_set_grid_lines]{wb_set_grid_lines()}}
 \item \code{\link[=delete_data]{delete_data()}} -> \code{\link[=wb_clean_sheet]{wb_clean_sheet()}}
+\item \code{\link[=create_comment]{create_comment()}} -> \code{\link[=wb_comment]{wb_comment()}}
 }
 }
 \seealso{
diff --git a/man/openxlsx2_options.Rd b/man/openxlsx2_options.Rd
index d0797d33f..f4acf366e 100644
--- a/man/openxlsx2_options.Rd
+++ b/man/openxlsx2_options.Rd
@@ -17,5 +17,7 @@ The openxlsx2 package uses global options to simplify formatting:
 \item \code{options("openxlsx2.orientation" = "portrait")} ## page orientation
 \item \code{options("openxlsx2.sheet.default_name" = "Sheet")}
 \item \code{options("openxlsx2.rightToLeft" = NULL)}
+\item \code{options("openxlsx2.soon_deprecated" = FALSE)} ## warn if using camelCase
+\item \code{options("openxlsx2.creator")} ## Default is Windows Username
 }
 }
diff --git a/man/wb_add_comment.Rd b/man/wb_add_comment.Rd
index d3bad2814..73333dd00 100644
--- a/man/wb_add_comment.Rd
+++ b/man/wb_add_comment.Rd
@@ -3,20 +3,20 @@
 \name{wb_add_comment}
 \alias{wb_add_comment}
 \alias{wb_remove_comment}
-\title{Add / remove comment in a worksheet}
+\title{Add comment to worksheet}
 \usage{
 wb_add_comment(wb, sheet = current_sheet(), dims = "A1", comment, ...)
 
 wb_remove_comment(wb, sheet = current_sheet(), dims = "A1", ...)
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{wb}{A Workbook object}
+\item{wb}{A workbook object}
 
 \item{sheet}{A worksheet of the workbook}
 
-\item{dims}{Row and column as spreadsheet dimension, e.g. "A1"}
+\item{dims}{Optional row and column as spreadsheet dimension, e.g. "A1"}
 
-\item{comment}{A comment to apply to the worksheet}
+\item{comment}{A comment to apply to \code{dims} created by \code{\link[=wb_comment]{wb_comment()}}, a string or a \code{\link[=fmt_txt]{fmt_txt()}} object}
 
 \item{...}{additional arguments}
 }
@@ -24,26 +24,27 @@ wb_remove_comment(wb, sheet = current_sheet(), dims = "A1", ...)
 The Workbook object, invisibly.
 }
 \description{
-The comment functions (add and remove) allow the modification of comments.
-In more recent spreadsheet software they are called notes, while they are called
-comments in openxml. Modification of what newer spreadsheet software now calls
-comment is possible via \code{\link[=wb_add_thread]{wb_add_thread()}}.
-
-\code{comment} can be created with \code{\link[=create_comment]{create_comment()}} to add styling.
+Add comment to worksheet
+}
+\details{
+If applying a \code{comment} with a string, it will use \code{\link[=wb_comment]{wb_comment()}} default values.
 }
 \examples{
 wb <- wb_workbook()
 wb$add_worksheet("Sheet 1")
 # add a comment without author
-c1 <- create_comment(text = "this is a comment", author = "")
+c1 <- wb_comment(text = "this is a comment", author = "")
 wb$add_comment(dims = "B10", comment = c1)
 #' # Remove comment
 wb$remove_comment(sheet = "Sheet 1", dims = "B10")
 # Write another comment with author information
-c2 <- create_comment(text = "this is another comment", author = "Marco Polo")
+c2 <- wb_comment(text = "this is another comment", author = "Marco Polo", visible = TRUE)
 wb$add_comment(sheet = 1, dims = "C10", comment = c2)
+# Works with formatted text also.
+formatted_text <- fmt_txt("bar", underline = TRUE)
+wb$add_comment(dims = "B5", comment = formatted_text)
 }
 \seealso{
-\code{\link[=create_comment]{create_comment()}}, \code{\link[=wb_add_thread]{wb_add_thread()}}
+\code{\link[=wb_comment]{wb_comment()}}, \code{\link[=wb_add_thread]{wb_add_thread()}}
 }
 \keyword{comments}
diff --git a/man/wb_comment.Rd b/man/wb_comment.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54f80a1ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/wb_comment.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/class-comment.R
+\name{wb_comment}
+\alias{wb_comment}
+\title{Create a comment object}
+\usage{
+wb_comment(
+  text = NULL,
+  style = NULL,
+  visible = FALSE,
+  author = getOption("openxlsx2.creator"),
+  width = 2,
+  height = 4
+)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{text}{Comment text. Character vector. or a \code{\link[=fmt_txt]{fmt_txt()}} string.}
+
+\item{style}{A Style object or list of style objects the same length as comment vector.}
+
+\item{visible}{Is comment visible? Default: \code{FALSE}.}
+
+\item{author}{Author of comment. A string. By default, will look at \code{options("openxlsx2.creator")}.
+Otherwise, will check the system username.}
+
+\item{width}{Textbox integer width in number of cells}
+
+\item{height}{Textbox integer height in number of cells}
+}
+\value{
+A \code{wbComment} object
+}
+\description{
+Creates a \code{wbComment} object. Use with \code{\link[=wb_add_comment]{wb_add_comment()}} to add to a worksheet location.
+}
+\examples{
+wb <- wb_workbook()
+wb$add_worksheet("Sheet 1")
+
+# write comment without author
+c1 <- wb_comment(text = "this is a comment", author = "", visible = TRUE)
+wb$add_comment(dims = "B10", comment = c1)
+
+# Write another comment with author information
+c2 <- wb_comment(text = "this is another comment", author = "Marco Polo")
+wb$add_comment(sheet = 1, dims = "C10", comment = c2)
+
+# write a styled comment with system author
+s1 <- create_font(b = "true", color = wb_color(hex = "FFFF0000"), sz = "12")
+s2 <- create_font(color = wb_color(hex = "FF000000"), sz = "9")
+c3 <- wb_comment(text = c("This Part Bold red\n\n", "This part black"), style = c(s1, s2))
+
+wb$add_comment(sheet = 1, dims = wb_dims(3, 6), comment = c3)
+}
diff --git a/man/wb_workbook.Rd b/man/wb_workbook.Rd
index 17d93e92b..585c8a334 100644
--- a/man/wb_workbook.Rd
+++ b/man/wb_workbook.Rd
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ wb_workbook(
 )
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{creator}{Creator of the workbook (your name). Defaults to login username}
+\item{creator}{Creator of the workbook (your name). Defaults to login username or \code{options("openxlsx2.creator")} if set.}
 
 \item{title, subject, category}{Workbook property, a string.}
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-asserts.R b/tests/testthat/test-asserts.R
index 0f678d8cb..3d729b10f 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-asserts.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-asserts.R
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 test_that("assert_class() works", {
   expect_null(assert_class(2L, "integer"))
   expect_null(assert_class(2, "numeric"))
+  expect_error(assert_class(2, "integer"))
   expect_null(assert_class(2, c("numeric", "integer")))
   expect_null(assert_class("2", "character"))
   expect_null(assert_class(Sys.Date(), "Date"))
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-class-comment.R b/tests/testthat/test-class-comment.R
index cf559c8a0..5944572be 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-class-comment.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-class-comment.R
@@ -3,23 +3,36 @@ test_that("class wbComment works", {
   expect_null(assert_comment(wb_comment()))
 })
 
+test_that("wb_comment and create_comment are the same except for the different defaults", {
+  c1 <- create_comment("x1", author = "")
+  c1_wb <- wb_comment("x1", visible = TRUE, author = "")
+  expect_equal(c1, c1_wb)
+  # create_comment drops multiple widths and heights silently.
+  # wb_comment errors in this case
+  expect_silent(create_comment(text = "x", author = "", width = c(1, 2)))
+  expect_error(wb_comment(text = "x", author = "", width = c(1, 2)), "width must be a single")
+
+})
+
 test_that("create_comment() works", {
   # error checking
   expect_silent(create_comment("hi", width = 1))
-  expect_error(create_comment("hi", width = 1L))
-  expect_error(create_comment("hi", width = 1:2))
+  expect_silent(create_comment("hi", width = 1L))
+  expect_silent(create_comment("hi", width = c(1, 2)))
+  expect_silent(create_comment("hi", width = 1:2))
+  expect_error(wb_comment("hi", width = 1:2), regexp = "width must be a")
 
   expect_silent(create_comment("hi", height = 1))
-  expect_error(create_comment("hi", height = 1L))
-  expect_error(create_comment("hi", height = 1:2))
-
+  expect_silent(create_comment("hi", height = 1L))
+  expect_silent(create_comment("hi", height = 1:2))
+  expect_error(wb_comment("hi", height = 1:2))
   expect_error(create_comment("hi", visible = NULL))
   expect_error(create_comment("hi", visible = c(TRUE, FALSE)))
 
   expect_error(create_comment("hi", author = 1))
   expect_error(create_comment("hi", author = c("a", "a")))
 
-  expect_true(inherits(create_comment("Hello"), "wbComment"))
+  expect_s3_class(create_comment("Hello"), "wbComment")
 })
 
 
@@ -60,7 +73,7 @@ test_that("comments", {
   wb$add_worksheet()
 
   # write comment without author
-  c1 <- create_comment(text = "this is a comment", author = "")
+  c1 <- create_comment(text = "this is a comment", author = "", visible = FALSE)
   wb$add_comment(dims = "B10", comment = c1)
 
   expect_silent(wb$save(tmp))
@@ -114,9 +127,30 @@ test_that("wb_add_comment", {
     wb_workbook()$add_worksheet()$add_comment(dims = "A1"),
     'argument "comment" is missing, with no default'
   )
+})
+
+test_that("wb_add_comment() works without supplying a wbComment object.", {
+  # Do not alter the workspace
+  opt <- getOption("openxlsx2.creator")
+  options("openxlsx2.creator" = "user")
+  # Using the new default values of wb_comment() (options("openxlsx2.creators))
+  wb <- wb_workbook()$add_worksheet()$add_comment(comment = "this is a comment", dims = "A1")
 
+  c2 <- wb_comment(text = "this is a comment")
+  wb2 <- wb_workbook() %>%
+    wb_add_worksheet() %>%
+    wb_add_comment(dims = "A1", comment =  c2)
+  # wb_comment() defaults and comment = "text" defaults are the same.
+  expect_equal(wb$comments, wb2$comments)
+
+  # The wrapper behaves the same
+  wb3 <- wb_workbook()$add_worksheet()$add_comment(comment = "this is a comment")
+  expect_equal(wb$comments, wb3$comments)
+
+  options("openxlsx2.creator" = opt)
 })
 
+
 test_that("wb_remove_comment", {
 
   c1 <- create_comment(text = "this is a comment", author = "")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-class-workbook-wrappers.R b/tests/testthat/test-class-workbook-wrappers.R
index 2318b2949..94e8def9a 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-class-workbook-wrappers.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-class-workbook-wrappers.R
@@ -375,7 +375,16 @@ test_that("wb_add_comment() is a wrapper", {
     wb = wb,
     params = list(comment = c1, dims = "A1")
   )
+  opt <- getOption("openxlsx2.creator")
+  options("openxlsx2.creator" = "user")
+  wb <- wb_workbook()$add_worksheet()
 
+  expect_wrapper(
+    "add_comment",
+    wb = wb,
+    params = list(comment = "a new comment", dims = "A1")
+  )
+  options("openxlsx2.creator" = opt)
 })
 
 # wb_remove_comment() -----------------------------------------------------