diff --git a/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/HighlightInfo.java b/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/HighlightInfo.java
index 88f230f8f2d3..a297f76f5140 100644
--- a/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/HighlightInfo.java
+++ b/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/HighlightInfo.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class HighlightInfo implements Segment {
 
   public static final HighlightInfo[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new HighlightInfo[0];
   // optimisation: if tooltip contains this marker object, then it replaced with description field in getTooltip()
-  private static final String DESCRIPTION_PLACEHOLDER = "{\u0000}";
+  private static final String DESCRIPTION_PLACEHOLDER = "\u0000";
   JComponent fileLevelComponent;
   public final TextAttributes forcedTextAttributes;
   public final TextAttributesKey forcedTextAttributesKey;