diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/text/StringUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/text/StringUtil.java
index 518a150bd21a..752c92cc4879 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/text/StringUtil.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/text/StringUtil.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2016 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -2198,6 +2198,9 @@ public class StringUtil extends StringUtilRt {
       else if (c == '\n') {
         builder.append("\\n");
       }
+      else if (c == '\r') {
+        builder.append("\\r");
+      }
       else {
         builder.append('\\').append(c);
       }