diff --git a/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGenerator.java b/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGenerator.java
index 1f642b18d1b1..38df39381ef4 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGenerator.java
+++ b/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/javadoc/JavaDocInfoGenerator.java
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ public class JavaDocInfoGenerator {
           String text = o.toString();
           PsiType type = variable.getType();
           if (type.equalsToText(CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_STRING)) {
-            text = "\"" + StringUtil.shortenPathWithEllipsis(text, 120) + "\"";
+            text = "\"" + StringUtil.escapeLineBreak(StringUtil.shortenPathWithEllipsis(text, 120)) + "\"";
           }
           else if (type.equalsToText("char")) text = "'" + text + "'";
           try {