diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerMain.form b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerMain.form
index bba955d00422..ce2d88542c7f 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerMain.form
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerMain.form
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
                   <size top="2" left="4" bottom="2" right="4"/>
                 </border>
                 <children>
-                  <scrollpane id="8853a" class="com.intellij.ui.components.JBScrollPane">
+                  <scrollpane id="8853a" class="com.intellij.ui.components.JBScrollPane" binding="myDescriptionScrollPane">
                     <constraints border-constraint="Center"/>
                     <properties/>
                     <border type="empty"/>
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerMain.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerMain.java
index 7e230c8c5ec5..585c3257b06b 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerMain.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/plugins/PluginManagerMain.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.ui.*;
 import com.intellij.ui.border.CustomLineBorder;
 import com.intellij.ui.components.JBLabel;
+import com.intellij.ui.components.JBScrollPane;
 import com.intellij.ui.speedSearch.SpeedSearchSupply;
 import com.intellij.util.Function;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ public abstract class PluginManagerMain implements Disposable {
   private PluginHeaderPanel myPluginHeaderPanel;
   private JPanel myInfoPanel;
   protected JBLabel myPanelDescription;
+  private JBScrollPane myDescriptionScrollPane;
 
 
   protected PluginTableModel pluginsModel;
@@ -197,6 +199,7 @@ public abstract class PluginManagerMain implements Disposable {
     pluginTable.getModel().addTableModelListener(modelListener);
     modelListener.tableChanged(null);
 
+    myDescriptionScrollPane.setBackground(UIUtil.getTextFieldBackground());
     Border border = new BorderUIResource.LineBorderUIResource(new JBColor(Gray._220, Gray._55), 1);
     myInfoPanel.setBorder(border);
   }