diff --git a/platform/structuralsearch/source/com/intellij/structuralsearch/plugin/ui/SubstitutionShortInfoHandler.java b/platform/structuralsearch/source/com/intellij/structuralsearch/plugin/ui/SubstitutionShortInfoHandler.java
index cf3f091712f8..b123559c65b0 100644
--- a/platform/structuralsearch/source/com/intellij/structuralsearch/plugin/ui/SubstitutionShortInfoHandler.java
+++ b/platform/structuralsearch/source/com/intellij/structuralsearch/plugin/ui/SubstitutionShortInfoHandler.java
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ public class SubstitutionShortInfoHandler implements DocumentListener, EditorMou
       }
       if (!StringUtil.isEmpty(constraint.getReferenceConstraint())) {
         final String text = StringUtil.unquoteString(constraint.getReferenceConstraint());
-        append(buf, "reference target matches: " + text);
+        append(buf, SSRBundle.message("reference.target.tooltip.message",
+                                      constraint.isInvertReference() ? SSRBundle.message("not.tooltip.message") : "", text));
       }
 
       if (constraint.getNameOfExprType() != null && !constraint.getNameOfExprType().isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/platform/structuralsearch/source/messages/SSRBundle.properties b/platform/structuralsearch/source/messages/SSRBundle.properties
index b97b07bbf2fa..87e6d6e90b60 100644
--- a/platform/structuralsearch/source/messages/SSRBundle.properties
+++ b/platform/structuralsearch/source/messages/SSRBundle.properties
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ within.hierarchy.tooltip.message=search in supers
 script.tooltip.message=script:\n {0}
 within.constraints.tooltip.message=within {0}
 not.within.constraints.tooltip.message=not within {0}
+reference.target.tooltip.message=reference target{0} like: {1}
 complete.match.variable.tooltip.message=Complete Match: {0}
 replacement.variable.is.not.defined.message=Replacement variable {0} is not defined.
 replacement.variable.is.not.valid=Replacement variable {0} has script code problem {1}