diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyEditingTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyEditingTest.java
index 98aefe9589c8..34d6612e09d0 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyEditingTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyEditingTest.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.editor.LogicalPosition;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.ex.EditorSettingsExternalizable;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Computable;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile;
+import com.jetbrains.python.documentation.DocStringFormat;
+import com.jetbrains.python.documentation.PyDocumentationSettings;
 import com.jetbrains.python.fixtures.PyTestCase;
 
 /**
@@ -202,10 +204,17 @@ public class PyEditingTest extends PyTestCase {
   }
 
   public void testEnterStubInDocstring() {  // CR-PY-144
-    doTestEnter("def foo():\n  \"\"\"<caret>", "def foo():\n" +
-                                               "  \"\"\"\n" +
-                                               "  \n" +
-                                               "  \"\"\"");
+    final PyDocumentationSettings documentationSettings = PyDocumentationSettings.getInstance(myFixture.getModule());
+    final String oldFormat = documentationSettings.getFormat();
+    documentationSettings.setFormat(DocStringFormat.PLAIN);
+    try {
+      doTestEnter("def foo():\n  \"\"\"<caret>", "def foo():\n" +
+                                                 "  \"\"\"\n" +
+                                                 "  \n" +
+                                                 "  \"\"\"");
+    } finally {
+      documentationSettings.setFormat(oldFormat);
+    }
   }
 
   public void testEnterInString() {  // PY-1738