diff --git a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/VcsBundle.properties b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/VcsBundle.properties
index 3c5c354035e2..e4031d4970a6 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/VcsBundle.properties
+++ b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/messages/VcsBundle.properties
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ changes.nodetitle.changecount={0,choice, 0#No files|1#1 file|2#{0} files}
 changes.nodetitle.directory.changecount={0,choice, 0#No directories|1#1 directory|2#{0} directories}
 changes.nodetitle.directory.file.changecount={0,choice, 0#No directories|1#1 directory|2#{0} directories} and {1,choice, 0#no files|1#1 file|2#{1} files}
 changes.toolwindow.name=Changes
-changes.default.changelist.name=Default
+changes.default.changelist.name=Default Changelist
 changes.update.progress.message=Updating: {0}
 changes.action.show.ignored.text=Show Ignored Files
 changes.action.show.ignored.description=Show ignored files
diff --git a/platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/LocalChangeList.java b/platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/LocalChangeList.java
index 82f482b8c7e1..b784bab7e114 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/LocalChangeList.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/LocalChangeList.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 public abstract class LocalChangeList implements Cloneable, ChangeList {
   
   @NonNls public static final String DEFAULT_NAME = VcsBundle.message("changes.default.changelist.name");
+  @NonNls public static final String OLD_DEFAULT_NAME = "Default";
 
   public static LocalChangeList createEmptyChangeList(Project project, @NotNull String name) {
     return VcsContextFactory.SERVICE.getInstance().createLocalChangeList(project, name);
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ public abstract class LocalChangeList implements Cloneable, ChangeList {
   public abstract LocalChangeList copy();
 
   public boolean hasDefaultName() {
-    return DEFAULT_NAME.equals(getName());
+    return DEFAULT_NAME.equals(getName()) || OLD_DEFAULT_NAME.equals(getName());
   }
 
   public boolean isBlank() {