diff --git a/platform/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/ExpectedHighlightingData.java b/platform/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/ExpectedHighlightingData.java
index 00ca3b34bfed..4eebab82e8fd 100644
--- a/platform/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/ExpectedHighlightingData.java
+++ b/platform/testFramework/src/com/intellij/testFramework/ExpectedHighlightingData.java
@@ -363,18 +363,9 @@ public class ExpectedHighlightingData {
 
     for (LineMarkerInfo info : markerInfos) {
       if (!containsLineMarker(info, lineMarkerInfos.values())) {
-        final int startOffset = info.startOffset;
-        final int endOffset = info.endOffset;
-
-        int y1 = StringUtil.offsetToLineNumber(text, startOffset);
-        int y2 = StringUtil.offsetToLineNumber(text, endOffset);
-        int x1 = startOffset - StringUtil.lineColToOffset(text, y1, 0);
-        int x2 = endOffset - StringUtil.lineColToOffset(text, y2, 0);
-
         if (!failMessage.isEmpty()) failMessage += '\n';
         failMessage += fileName + "Extra line marker highlighted " +
-                          "(" + (x1 + 1) + ", " + (y1 + 1) + ")" + "-" +
-                          "(" + (x2 + 1) + ", " + (y2 + 1) + ")"
+                          rangeString(text, info.startOffset, info.endOffset)
                           + ": '"+info.getLineMarkerTooltip()+"'"
                           ;
       }
@@ -382,18 +373,9 @@ public class ExpectedHighlightingData {
 
     for (LineMarkerInfo expectedLineMarker : lineMarkerInfos.values()) {
       if (!markerInfos.isEmpty() && !containsLineMarker(expectedLineMarker, markerInfos)) {
-        final int startOffset = expectedLineMarker.startOffset;
-        final int endOffset = expectedLineMarker.endOffset;
-
-        int y1 = StringUtil.offsetToLineNumber(text, startOffset);
-        int y2 = StringUtil.offsetToLineNumber(text, endOffset);
-        int x1 = startOffset - StringUtil.lineColToOffset(text, y1, 0);
-        int x2 = endOffset - StringUtil.lineColToOffset(text, y2, 0);
-
         if (!failMessage.isEmpty()) failMessage += '\n';
         failMessage += fileName + "Line marker was not highlighted " +
-                       "(" + (x1 + 1) + ", " + (y1 + 1) + ")" + "-" +
-                       "(" + (x2 + 1) + ", " + (y2 + 1) + ")"
+                       rangeString(text, expectedLineMarker.startOffset, expectedLineMarker.endOffset)
                        + ": '"+expectedLineMarker.getLineMarkerTooltip()+"'"
           ;
       }
@@ -439,15 +421,9 @@ public class ExpectedHighlightingData {
         String s = text.substring(startOffset, endOffset);
         String desc = info.getDescription();
 
-        int y1 = StringUtil.offsetToLineNumber(text, startOffset);
-        int y2 = StringUtil.offsetToLineNumber(text, endOffset);
-        int x1 = startOffset - StringUtil.lineColToOffset(text, y1, 0);
-        int x2 = endOffset - StringUtil.lineColToOffset(text, y2, 0);
-
         if (!failMessage.isEmpty()) failMessage += '\n';
         failMessage += fileName + "Extra text fragment highlighted " +
-                          "(" + (x1 + 1) + ", " + (y1 + 1) + ")" + "-" +
-                          "(" + (x2 + 1) + ", " + (y2 + 1) + ")" +
+                          rangeString(text, startOffset, endOffset) +
                           " :'" +
                           s +
                           "'" + (desc == null ? "" : " (" + desc + ")")
@@ -465,15 +441,9 @@ public class ExpectedHighlightingData {
           String s = text.substring(startOffset, endOffset);
           String desc = expectedInfo.getDescription();
 
-          int y1 = StringUtil.offsetToLineNumber(text, startOffset);
-          int y2 = StringUtil.offsetToLineNumber(text, endOffset);
-          int x1 = startOffset - StringUtil.lineColToOffset(text, y1, 0);
-          int x2 = endOffset - StringUtil.lineColToOffset(text, y2, 0);
-
           if (!failMessage.isEmpty()) failMessage += '\n';
           failMessage += fileName + "Text fragment was not highlighted " +
-                            "(" + (x1 + 1) + ", " + (y1 + 1) + ")" + "-" +
-                            "(" + (x2 + 1) + ", " + (y2 + 1) + ")" +
+                            rangeString(text, startOffset, endOffset) +
                             " :'" +
                             s +
                             "'" + (desc == null ? "" : " (" + desc + ")");
@@ -635,4 +605,14 @@ public class ExpectedHighlightingData {
                                                                     info.getTextAttributes(null, null))) &&
       (expectedInfo.forcedTextAttributesKey == null || expectedInfo.forcedTextAttributesKey.equals(info.forcedTextAttributesKey));
   }
+
+  private static String rangeString(String text, int startOffset, int endOffset) {
+    int y1 = StringUtil.offsetToLineNumber(text, startOffset);
+    int y2 = StringUtil.offsetToLineNumber(text, endOffset);
+    int x1 = startOffset - StringUtil.lineColToOffset(text, y1, 0);
+    int x2 = endOffset - StringUtil.lineColToOffset(text, y2, 0);
+
+    return "(" + (x1 + 1) + ", " + (y1 + 1) + ")" + "-" +
+           "(" + (x2 + 1) + ", " + (y2 + 1) + ")";
+  }
 }