diff --git a/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiNameHelper.java b/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiNameHelper.java
index 888f1c24bf11..4832613607cb 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiNameHelper.java
+++ b/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/PsiNameHelper.java
@@ -171,8 +171,9 @@ public abstract class PsiNameHelper {
 
   /**
    * Obtains text of all type parameter values in a reference.
-   * They go in left-to-right order: <code>A&lt;List&lt;String&gt&gt;.B&lt;Integer&gt;</code> yields
-   * <code>["List&lt;String&gt","Integer"]</code>
+   * They go in left-to-right order: <code>A&lt;List&lt;String&gt, B&lt;Integer&gt;&gt;</code> yields
+   * <code>["List&lt;String&gt", "B&lt;Integer&gt;"]</code>. Parameters of the outer reference are ignored:
+   * <code>A&lt;List&lt;String&gt&gt;.B&lt;Integer&gt;</code> yields <code>["Integer"]</code>
    *
    * @param referenceText the text of the reference to calculate type parameters for.
    * @return the calculated array of type parameters.
@@ -246,6 +247,10 @@ public abstract class PsiNameHelper {
     return result;
   }
 
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    System.out.println(Arrays.asList(PsiNameHelper.getClassParametersText("A<List<String>, B<Integer>>")));
+  }
+
   public static boolean isSubpackageOf(@NotNull String subpackageName, @NotNull String packageName) {
     return subpackageName.equals(packageName) ||
            subpackageName.startsWith(packageName) && subpackageName.charAt(packageName.length()) == '.';