diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/util/TipUIUtil.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/util/TipUIUtil.java
index 719c78d346b1..0a0bd3295eac 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/util/TipUIUtil.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/util/TipUIUtil.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
 import javax.swing.text.Document;
-import javax.swing.text.html.HTMLDocument;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.net.URL;
@@ -65,11 +64,7 @@ public class TipUIUtil {
       String replaced = text.toString().replace("&productName;", ApplicationNamesInfo.getInstance().getFullProductName());
       replaced = replaced.replace("&majorVersion;", ApplicationInfo.getInstance().getMajorVersion());
       replaced = replaced.replace("&minorVersion;", ApplicationInfo.getInstance().getMinorVersion());
-      browser.read(new StringReader(replaced), null);
-      final Document document = browser.getDocument();
-      if (document instanceof HTMLDocument) {
-        ((HTMLDocument)document).setBase(url);
-      }
+      browser.read(new StringReader(replaced), url);
     }
     catch (IOException e) {
       setCantReadText(browser);
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources-en/src/tips/css/tips.css b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/tips/css/tips.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1cdeee164b52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/platform-resources-en/src/tips/css/tips.css
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+body {
+    background: #ffffff;
+    margin-bottom: 3px;
+}
+p, h1 {
+   font-family: 'Malgun Gothic', 'Meiryo UI', 'MS Reference Sans Serif', verdana, arial, sans-serif;
+}
+.code, .shortcut, pre {
+    font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
+}
+p, h1, pre {
+    margin-left: 7px;
+    margin-top: 3px;
+    margin-right: 2px;
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+    font-size: 10px;
+    color: #3f3f3f;
+}
+.image, pre {
+    margin-top: 6px;
+    margin-bottom: 3px;
+}
+pre {
+    border-style: solid;
+    border-width: 1px;
+    border-color: #d0d0d0;
+    background-color: #fbfbfb;
+    padding-left: 7px;
+    padding-top: 3px;
+    padding-bottom: 6px;
+}
+h1, .control, .shortcut {
+    font-weight: bold;
+}
+h1 .product, .emphasis {
+    color: #264db5;
+}
+h1 .version, .caret {
+    color: #f58220;
+}
+pre .emphasis, .code .emphasis {
+    color: #990000;
+}
+pre .keyword, .code .keyword {
+    color: #000080;
+}
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