diff --git a/platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/impl/ContentRevisionCache.java b/platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/impl/ContentRevisionCache.java
index d80778c5c639..b77b52578ea7 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/impl/ContentRevisionCache.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/impl/ContentRevisionCache.java
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public class ContentRevisionCache {
       throw new VcsException("Can not show contents of \n'" + path +
                              "'.\nFile size is bigger than " +
                              StringUtil.formatFileSize(VcsUtil.getMaxVcsLoadedFileSize()) +
-                             ".\n\nYou can relax this restriction by increasing max.vcs.loaded.size.kb property in idea.properties file.");
+                             ".\n\nYou can relax this restriction by increasing " + VcsUtil.MAX_VCS_LOADED_SIZE_KB + " property in idea.properties file.");
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/vcsUtil/VcsUtil.java b/platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/vcsUtil/VcsUtil.java
index 4a1701f13886..8b50298e34e0 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/vcsUtil/VcsUtil.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-api/src/com/intellij/vcsUtil/VcsUtil.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class VcsUtil {
   protected static final char[] ourCharsToBeChopped = new char[]{'/', '\\'};
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance("#com.intellij.vcsUtil.VcsUtil");
 
-  private final static String MAX_VCS_LOADED_SIZE_KB = "max.vcs.loaded.size.kb";
+  public final static String MAX_VCS_LOADED_SIZE_KB = "idea.max.vcs.loaded.size.kb";
   private static final int ourMaxLoadedFileSize = computeLoadedFileSize();
 
   public static int getMaxVcsLoadedFileSize() {