diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/stdlib/PyStdlibTypeProvider.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/stdlib/PyStdlibTypeProvider.java
index 8dacfd3ec597..e333e864cfa2 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/stdlib/PyStdlibTypeProvider.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/stdlib/PyStdlibTypeProvider.java
@@ -135,7 +135,40 @@ public class PyStdlibTypeProvider extends PyTypeProviderBase {
         }
       }
       else if ("__builtin__.tuple.__add__".equals(qname) && callSite instanceof PyBinaryExpression) {
-        return getTupleConcatenationResultType(((PyBinaryExpression)callSite), context);
+        return getTupleConcatenationResultType((PyBinaryExpression)callSite, context);
+      }
+      else if ("__builtin__.tuple.__mul__".equals(qname) && callSite instanceof PyBinaryExpression) {
+        return getTupleMultiplicationResultType((PyBinaryExpression)callSite, context);
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Nullable
+  private static PyType getTupleMultiplicationResultType(@NotNull PyBinaryExpression multiplication, @NotNull TypeEvalContext context) {
+    final PyTupleType leftTupleType = as(context.getType(multiplication.getLeftExpression()), PyTupleType.class);
+    if (leftTupleType == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    PyExpression rightExpression = multiplication.getRightExpression();
+    if (rightExpression instanceof PyReferenceExpression) {
+      final PsiElement target = ((PyReferenceExpression)rightExpression).getReference().resolve();
+      if (target instanceof PyTargetExpression) {
+        rightExpression = ((PyTargetExpression)target).findAssignedValue();
+      }
+    }
+    if (rightExpression instanceof PyNumericLiteralExpression && ((PyNumericLiteralExpression)rightExpression).isIntegerLiteral()) {
+      final int multiplier = ((PyNumericLiteralExpression)rightExpression).getBigIntegerValue().intValue();
+      final int originalSize = leftTupleType.getElementCount();
+      // Heuristic
+      if (originalSize * multiplier <= 20) {
+        final PyType[] elementTypes = new PyType[leftTupleType.getElementCount() * multiplier];
+        for (int i = 0; i < multiplier; i++) {
+          for (int j = 0; j < originalSize; j++) {
+            elementTypes[i * originalSize + j] = leftTupleType.getElementType(j);
+          }
+        }
+        return PyTupleType.create(multiplication, elementTypes);
       }
     }
     return null;
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyStringFormatInspection.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyStringFormatInspection.java
index 9e61faabdc65..187803f4cfa3 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyStringFormatInspection.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyStringFormatInspection.java
@@ -102,39 +102,25 @@ public class PyStringFormatInspection extends PyInspection {
         final PyBuiltinCache builtinCache = PyBuiltinCache.getInstance(problemTarget);
         final PyResolveContext resolveContext = PyResolveContext.noImplicits().withTypeEvalContext(myTypeEvalContext);
 
-        //in case tuple multiplies integer PY-4647
-        if (rightExpression instanceof PyBinaryExpression) {
-          PyBinaryExpression binaryExpression = (PyBinaryExpression)rightExpression;
-          if (binaryExpression.getOperator() == PyTokenTypes.MULT && binaryExpression.getLeftExpression() instanceof PyParenthesizedExpression
-                                                                && binaryExpression.getRightExpression() instanceof PyNumericLiteralExpression) {
-            PyParenthesizedExpression parenthesizedExpression = (PyParenthesizedExpression)binaryExpression.getLeftExpression();
-            if (parenthesizedExpression.getContainedExpression() instanceof PyTupleExpression) {
-              PyExpression[] tupleElements = ((PyTupleExpression)parenthesizedExpression.getContainedExpression()).getElements();
-              final PyExpression expression = ((PyBinaryExpression)rightExpression).getRightExpression();
-              if (expression != null) {
-                return ((PyNumericLiteralExpression)expression).getBigIntegerValue().intValue() * tupleElements.length;
-              }
-            }
-          }
-        }
         final String s = myFormatSpec.get("1");
         if (PyUtil.instanceOf(rightExpression, SIMPLE_RHS_EXPRESSIONS)) {
           if (s != null) {
-            assert rightExpression != null;
-            PyType right_type = myTypeEvalContext.getType(rightExpression);
-            if (right_type instanceof PySubscriptableType) {
-              PySubscriptableType tuple_type = (PySubscriptableType)right_type;
-              for (int i=0; i <= tuple_type.getElementCount(); i += 1) {
-                PyType elementType = tuple_type.getElementType(i);
+            final PyType rightType = myTypeEvalContext.getType(rightExpression);
+            if (rightType instanceof PySubscriptableType) {
+              final PySubscriptableType tupleType = (PySubscriptableType)rightType;
+              for (int i = 0; i <= tupleType.getElementCount(); i += 1) {
+                final PyType elementType = tupleType.getElementType(i);
                 if (elementType != null) {
                   final String typeName = myFormatSpec.get(String.valueOf(i + 1));
                   final PyType type = typeName != null ? PyTypeParser.getTypeByName(problemTarget, typeName) : null;
                   checkTypeCompatible(problemTarget, elementType, type);
                 }
               }
-              return tuple_type.getElementCount();
+              return tupleType.getElementCount();
+            }
+            else {
+              checkExpressionType(rightExpression, s, problemTarget);
             }
-            else checkExpressionType(rightExpression, s, problemTarget);
           }
           return 1;
         }
diff --git a/python/testData/inspections/PyStringFormatInspection1/test.py b/python/testData/inspections/PyStringFormatInspection1/test.py
index 3ed0e3edb65f..92212324a230 100644
--- a/python/testData/inspections/PyStringFormatInspection1/test.py
+++ b/python/testData/inspections/PyStringFormatInspection1/test.py
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ my_dict['tmp'] = 'classes %(claz)s' % <warning descr="Key 'claz' has no followin
 
 #PY-4647
 argument_pattern = re.compile(r'(%s)\s*(\(\s*(%s)\s*\)\s*)?$'
-                                  % ((states.Inliner.simplename,) * 2))
\ No newline at end of file
+                                  % ((states.Inliner.simplename,) * 2))
+
+t, num = ('foo',), 2
+res = '%d %d' % (<warning descr="Unexpected type str"><warning descr="Unexpected type str">t * num</warning></warning>)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyTypeTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyTypeTest.java
index 4877cbcb6d7e..d4f6acda8fd3 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyTypeTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyTypeTest.java
@@ -848,6 +848,11 @@ public class PyTypeTest extends PyTestCase {
            "expr = (1,) + (True, 'spam') + ()");
   }
 
+  public void testTupleMultiplication() {
+    doTest("(int, bool, int, bool)",
+           "expr = (1, False) * 2");
+  }
+
   public void testConstructorUnification() {
     doTest("C[int]",
            "class C(object):\n" +