diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/formatting/alignment/AlignmentInColumnsConfig.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/formatting/alignment/AlignmentInColumnsConfig.java
index eeff1ef2b38d..ec06bf5602b2 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/formatting/alignment/AlignmentInColumnsConfig.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/formatting/alignment/AlignmentInColumnsConfig.java
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ package com.intellij.formatting.alignment;
 import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType;
 import com.intellij.psi.tree.TokenSet;
 
-import java.util.*;
-
-import static java.util.Arrays.*;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
  * Encapsulates information necessary for correct <code>'align in columns'</code> processing.
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ public class AlignmentInColumnsConfig {
                                   IElementType ... targetDeclarationTypes)
   {
     this(Collections.singleton(stopMultilineCheckElementTypes), whiteSpaceTokenTypes, commentTokenTypes, equalType,
-         asList(targetDeclarationTypes));
+         targetDeclarationTypes);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -96,13 +97,13 @@ public class AlignmentInColumnsConfig {
                                   TokenSet whiteSpaceTokenTypes,
                                   TokenSet commentTokenTypes,
                                   IElementType equalType,
-                                  Collection<IElementType> targetDeclarationTypes)
+                                  IElementType... targetDeclarationTypes)
   {
     myStopMultilineCheckElementTypes.addAll(stopMultilineCheckElementTypes);
     myWhiteSpaceTokenTypes = whiteSpaceTokenTypes;
     myCommentTokenTypes = commentTokenTypes;
     myEqualType = equalType;
-    myTargetDeclarationTypes.addAll(targetDeclarationTypes);
+    Collections.addAll(myTargetDeclarationTypes, targetDeclarationTypes);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/formatting/alignment/AlignmentInColumnsHelper.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/formatting/alignment/AlignmentInColumnsHelper.java
index 0e314c7f0d6b..7e7e083c92d2 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/formatting/alignment/AlignmentInColumnsHelper.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/formatting/alignment/AlignmentInColumnsHelper.java
@@ -171,13 +171,13 @@ public class AlignmentInColumnsHelper {
 
   /**
    * There is a possible case that given base node doesn't have {@link AlignmentInColumnsConfig#getTargetDeclarationTypes() target type}
-   * but it's first child node or first child node of the first child node etc does.
+   * but its first child node or first child node of the first child node etc does.
    * <p/>
    * This method tries to derive node of the target type from the given node.
    *
    * @param baseNode          base node to process
    * @param targetTypes       target node types
-   * @return                  base node or it's first descendant child that has
+   * @return                  base node or its first descendant child that has
    *                          {@link AlignmentInColumnsConfig#getTargetDeclarationTypes() target type} target type if the one if found;
    *                          <code>null</code> otherwise
    */
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ public class AlignmentInColumnsHelper {
    * @param type    target child node type
    * @return        <code>true</code> if given parent node contains direct child of the given type; <code>false</code> otherwise
    */
-  public static boolean containsSubNodeOfType(ASTNode node, IElementType type) {
+  private static boolean containsSubNodeOfType(ASTNode node, IElementType type) {
     for(ASTNode child = node.getFirstChildNode(); child != null && child.getTreeParent() == node; child = child.getTreeNext()) {
       if (child.getElementType() == type) {
         return true;