diff --git a/java/java-analysis-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/intention/QuickFixFactory.java b/java/java-analysis-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/intention/QuickFixFactory.java
index 7263b7673728..0354695d11ea 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/intention/QuickFixFactory.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/intention/QuickFixFactory.java
@@ -553,8 +553,13 @@ public abstract class QuickFixFactory {
 
   public abstract @NotNull IntentionAction createDeleteSwitchLabelFix(@NotNull PsiCaseLabelElement labelElement);
 
+  /**
+   * @return The IntentionAction that performs the deletion of the default element.
+   *         Returns null if the fix cannot be created
+   *         (for example, if the file is not physical, it can happen when highlighting is run on the copy of the file).
+   */
   @Nullable
-  public abstract IntentionAction createDeleteDefaultFix(@NotNull PsiFile file, @NotNull PsiElement duplicateElement);
+  public abstract IntentionAction createDeleteDefaultFix(@NotNull PsiFile file, @NotNull PsiElement defaultElement);
 
   public abstract @NotNull IntentionAction createAddAnnotationTargetFix(@NotNull PsiAnnotation annotation, PsiAnnotation.TargetType target);
 
diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/intention/impl/config/QuickFixFactoryImpl.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/intention/impl/config/QuickFixFactoryImpl.java
index 60058bc5030e..b10a57b6792d 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/intention/impl/config/QuickFixFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/intention/impl/config/QuickFixFactoryImpl.java
@@ -1124,10 +1124,10 @@ public final class QuickFixFactoryImpl extends QuickFixFactory {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public @Nullable IntentionAction createDeleteDefaultFix(@NotNull PsiFile file, @NotNull PsiElement duplicateElement) {
+  public @Nullable IntentionAction createDeleteDefaultFix(@NotNull PsiFile file, @NotNull PsiElement defaultElement) {
     if(!file.isPhysical()) return null;
     ProblemDescriptor descriptor =
-      new ProblemDescriptorBase(duplicateElement, duplicateElement, "", null, ProblemHighlightType.GENERIC_ERROR_OR_WARNING, false, null,
+      new ProblemDescriptorBase(defaultElement, defaultElement, "", null, ProblemHighlightType.GENERIC_ERROR_OR_WARNING, false, null,
                                 false, false);
     return QuickFixWrapper.wrap(descriptor, new UnnecessaryDefaultInspection.DeleteDefaultFix());
   }