diff --git a/platform/vcs-api/vcs-api-core/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/Change.java b/platform/vcs-api/vcs-api-core/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/Change.java
index bffc5d07efff..1fadb4178aea 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-api/vcs-api-core/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/Change.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-api/vcs-api-core/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/Change.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.vcs.impl.VcsPathPresenter;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.vcsUtil.VcsFilePathUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ public class Change {
     return myAfterRevision;
   }
 
+  @NotNull
   public FileStatus getFileStatus() {
     return myFileStatus;
   }