diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/psi/util/NameUtilMatchingTest.java b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/psi/util/NameUtilMatchingTest.java
index 196de52477aa..07524f7483f8 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/psi/util/NameUtilMatchingTest.java
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/psi/util/NameUtilMatchingTest.java
@@ -711,4 +711,11 @@ public class NameUtilMatchingTest extends UsefulTestCase {
     assertPreference("GEN", "GetName", "GetExtendedName");
     assertPreference("*GEN", "GetName", "GetExtendedName");
   }
+
+  public void testPrintln() {
+    assertMatches("pl", "println");
+    assertMatches("pl", "printlnFoo");
+    assertDoesntMatch("pl", "printlnx");
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/psi/codeStyle/NameUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/psi/codeStyle/NameUtil.java
index dd679336c140..db029c99fcf0 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/psi/codeStyle/NameUtil.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/psi/codeStyle/NameUtil.java
@@ -385,7 +385,13 @@ public class NameUtil {
     if (!Character.isLetter(c)) {
       return false;
     }
-    return i == 0 || !Character.isLetterOrDigit(text.charAt(i - 1));
+    return i == 0 || !Character.isLetterOrDigit(text.charAt(i - 1)) || isHardCodedWordStart(text, i);
+  }
+
+  private static boolean isHardCodedWordStart(String text, int i) {
+    return text.charAt(i) == 'l' &&
+           i < text.length() - 1 && text.charAt(i + 1) == 'n' &&
+           (text.length() == i + 2 || isWordStart(text, i + 2));
   }
 
   /**