diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/EventLog.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/EventLog.java
index 3a72da112979..d4b39dfdff33 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/EventLog.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/EventLog.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class EventLog implements Notifications {
     return getLogModel(project).getStatusMessage();
   }
 
-  public static LogEntry formatForLog(@NotNull final Notification notification) {
+  public static LogEntry formatForLog(@NotNull final Notification notification, String indent) {
     DocumentImpl logDoc = new DocumentImpl(true);
     AtomicBoolean showMore = new AtomicBoolean(false);
     Map<RangeMarker, HyperlinkInfo> links = new LinkedHashMap<RangeMarker, HyperlinkInfo>();
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public class EventLog implements Notifications {
 
     String status = getStatusText(logDoc, showMore, lineSeparators, hasHtml);
 
-    indentNewLines(logDoc, lineSeparators, afterTitle, hasHtml);
+    indentNewLines(logDoc, lineSeparators, afterTitle, hasHtml, indent);
 
     ArrayList<Pair<TextRange, HyperlinkInfo>> list = new ArrayList<Pair<TextRange, HyperlinkInfo>>();
     for (RangeMarker marker : links.keySet()) {
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class EventLog implements Notifications {
     return new LogEntry(logDoc.getText(), status, list);
   }
 
-  private static void indentNewLines(DocumentImpl logDoc, List<RangeMarker> lineSeparators, RangeMarker afterTitle, boolean hasHtml) {
+  private static void indentNewLines(DocumentImpl logDoc, List<RangeMarker> lineSeparators, RangeMarker afterTitle, boolean hasHtml, String indent) {
     if (!hasHtml) {
       int i = -1;
       while (true) {
@@ -187,8 +187,8 @@ public class EventLog implements Notifications {
           continue;
         }
 
-        logDoc.replaceString(start, separator.getEndOffset(), "\n\t");
-        nextLineStart = start + 2;
+        logDoc.replaceString(start, separator.getEndOffset(), "\n" + indent);
+        nextLineStart = start + 1 + indent.length();
         while (nextLineStart < logDoc.getTextLength() && Character.isWhitespace(logDoc.getCharsSequence().charAt(nextLineStart))) {
           logDoc.deleteString(nextLineStart, nextLineStart + 1);
         }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/EventLogConsole.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/EventLogConsole.java
index f298cad20cdb..f4b45cd6f86c 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/EventLogConsole.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/EventLogConsole.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.Disposer;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.NotNullLazyValue;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Pair;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.ui.awt.RelativePoint;
 import com.intellij.util.EditorPopupHandler;
 import com.intellij.util.text.DateFormatUtil;
@@ -137,10 +138,11 @@ class EventLogConsole {
     if (notificationTime == null) {
       return;
     }
-    
-    append(document, DateFormatUtil.formatTimeWithSeconds(notificationTime) + " ");
 
-    EventLog.LogEntry pair = EventLog.formatForLog(notification);
+    String date = DateFormatUtil.formatTimeWithSeconds(notificationTime) + " ";
+    append(document, date);
+
+    EventLog.LogEntry pair = EventLog.formatForLog(notification, StringUtil.repeatSymbol(' ', date.length()));
 
     final NotificationType type = notification.getType();
     TextAttributesKey key = type == NotificationType.ERROR
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/impl/actions/NotificationTestAction.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/impl/actions/NotificationTestAction.java
index 4e998c2833b0..a1e9e584c843 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/impl/actions/NotificationTestAction.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/impl/actions/NotificationTestAction.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class NotificationTestAction extends AnAction implements DumbAware {
     };
 
     final Notification notification = new Notification(TEST_GROUP_ID, "This is a test notification", //"a",
-      "You can close this very very very very long notification by clicking <a href=\"close\">this link</a>. Long long long long. It should be long. Very long. Too long. And even longer.",
+      "You can<br> close this very<p> very very very long notification by clicking <a href=\"close\">this link</a>. Long long long long. It should be long. Very long. Too long. And even longer.",
       type, listener);
 
     messageBus.syncPublisher(Notifications.TOPIC).notify(notification);
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/StatusPanel.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/StatusPanel.java
index 3f90f74fd95d..53f1f9e0ff04 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/StatusPanel.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/StatusPanel.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class StatusPanel extends JPanel {
         @Override
         public void run() {
           assert statusMessage != null;
-          String text = EventLog.formatForLog(statusMessage.first).status;
+          String text = EventLog.formatForLog(statusMessage.first, "").status;
           if (myDirty || System.currentTimeMillis() - statusMessage.second >= DateFormatUtil.MINUTE) {
             myTimeStart = text.length() + 1;
             text += " (" + StringUtil.decapitalize(DateFormatUtil.formatPrettyDateTime(statusMessage.second)) + ")";
diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/notification/EventLogTest.groovy b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/notification/EventLogTest.groovy
index 4aea3283eb28..ffd1207a39cb 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/notification/EventLogTest.groovy
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/notification/EventLogTest.groovy
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ class EventLogTest extends LightPlatformTestCase {
   }
 
   public void testHtmlEntities() {
-    def entry = EventLog.formatForLog(new Notification("xxx", "Title", "Hello&nbsp;world&laquo;&raquo;", NotificationType.ERROR))
+    def entry = format("Title", "Hello&nbsp;world&laquo;&raquo;")
     assert entry.message == 'Title: Hello world<<>>'
   }
 
   public void testParseMultilineText() {
-    def entry = EventLog.formatForLog(new Notification("xxx", "Title", "<html><body> " +
+    def entry = format("Title", "<html><body> " +
                                                                        "<font size=\"3\">first line<br>" +
                                                                        "second line<br>" +
                                                                        "third<br>" +
                                                                        "<a href=\"create\">Action</a><br>" +
-                                                                       "</body></html>", NotificationType.ERROR))
+                                                                       "</body></html>")
     assert entry.status == 'Title:  first line second line third // Action'
     assert entry.message == '''Title
 \tfirst line
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ class EventLogTest extends LightPlatformTestCase {
   }
 
   public void testInParagraph() {
-    def entry = EventLog.formatForLog(new Notification("xxx", "Title", "<p>message</p>", NotificationType.ERROR))
+    def entry = format("Title", "<p>message</p>")
     assert entry.message == 'Title: message'
     assert entry.status == 'Title: message'
   }
 
   public void testJavaSeparators() {
-    def entry = EventLog.formatForLog(new Notification("xxx", "Title", "fst\nsnd", NotificationType.ERROR))
+    def entry = format("Title", "fst\nsnd")
     assert entry.message == '''Title
 \tfst
 \tsnd'''
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class EventLogTest extends LightPlatformTestCase {
   }
 
   public void testMalformedLink() throws Exception {
-    def entry = EventLog.formatForLog(new Notification("xxx", '<a href="a">link<a/>', "content", NotificationType.ERROR))
+    def entry = format('<a href="a">link<a/>', "content")
     assert entry.message ==  'link: content (show balloon)'
   }
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class EventLogTest extends LightPlatformTestCase {
   }
 
   EventLog.LogEntry format(String title, String content) {
-    EventLog.formatForLog(new Notification("xxx", title, content, NotificationType.ERROR))
+    EventLog.formatForLog(new Notification("xxx", title, content, NotificationType.ERROR), '\t')
   }
 
   public void testManyNewlines() throws Exception {