diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/MemoryUsagePanel.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/MemoryUsagePanel.java
index 5c74040b9650..189b8b655409 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/MemoryUsagePanel.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/MemoryUsagePanel.java
@@ -43,8 +43,13 @@ public class MemoryUsagePanel extends JButton implements CustomStatusBarWidget {
   // todo: drop unless J. will insist to keep old style look
   private static final boolean FRAMED_STYLE = SystemInfo.isMac || !SystemProperties.getBooleanProperty("idea.ui.old.mem.use", false);
 
-  @NonNls private static final String SAMPLE_STRING = "0000M";
   private static final int MEGABYTE = 1024 * 1024;
+  @NonNls private static final String SAMPLE_STRING;
+  
+  static {
+    long maxMemory = Math.min(Runtime.getRuntime().maxMemory() / MEGABYTE, 9999);
+    SAMPLE_STRING = maxMemory + " of " + maxMemory + "M ";
+  }
   private static final int HEIGHT = 16;
   private static final Color USED_COLOR_1 = new JBColor(Gray._185, Gray._150);
   private static final Color USED_COLOR_2 = new JBColor(Gray._145, Gray._120);
@@ -172,7 +177,9 @@ public class MemoryUsagePanel extends JButton implements CustomStatusBarWidget {
 
       // label
       g2.setFont(getFont());
-      final String info = (usedMem / MEGABYTE) + "M";
+      final long used = usedMem / MEGABYTE;
+      final long total = maxMem / MEGABYTE;
+      final String info = UIBundle.message("memory.usage.panel.message.text", used, total);
       final FontMetrics fontMetrics = g.getFontMetrics();
       final int infoWidth = fontMetrics.charsWidth(info.toCharArray(), 0, info.length());
       final int infoHeight = fontMetrics.getAscent();
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/UIBundle.properties b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/UIBundle.properties
index 50325c22369d..14c735122f46 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/UIBundle.properties
+++ b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/UIBundle.properties
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ tool.window.hideSide.action.name=Hide Side
 #0 - total, 1 - used
 memory.usage.panel.statistics.message=Allocated heap size: {0}M   Used: {1}M
 #0 - used, 1 - total
+memory.usage.panel.message.text={0,number,####} of {1,number,####}M
 go.to.line.command.name=Go to Line
 go.to.line.command.double.click=Click to go to line
 popup.hints.panel.click.to.configure.highlighting.tooltip.text=Click to configure highlighting for this file