diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/simple/ParenthesesTailType.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/simple/ParenthesesTailType.java
index 77c78754d233..2436ce146de6 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/simple/ParenthesesTailType.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/simple/ParenthesesTailType.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.intellij.codeInsight.completion.simple;
 
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.TailType;
+import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Document;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor;
 import com.intellij.psi.codeStyle.CommonCodeStyleSettings;
 
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@ public abstract class ParenthesesTailType extends TailType {
     if (isSpaceBeforeParentheses(styleSettings, editor, tailOffset)) {
       tailOffset = insertChar(editor, tailOffset, ' ');
     }
+    Document document = editor.getDocument();
+    if (tailOffset < document.getTextLength() && document.getCharsSequence().charAt(tailOffset) == '(') {
+      return moveCaret(editor, tailOffset, 1);
+    }
+
     tailOffset = insertChar(editor, tailOffset, '(');
     if (isSpaceWithinParentheses(styleSettings, editor, tailOffset)) {
       tailOffset = insertChar(editor, tailOffset, ' ');
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/keywords/overwriteCatch.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/keywords/overwriteCatch.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..33ff9d184ed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/keywords/overwriteCatch.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class A {
+  {
+    try {
+      mySocket.receive(p);
+    }
+    <caret>catch (SocketTimeoutException e) {
+      throw new TimeoutOccurredException(e);
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/keywords/overwriteCatch_after.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/keywords/overwriteCatch_after.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..625bf332e209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/keywords/overwriteCatch_after.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class A {
+  {
+    try {
+      mySocket.receive(p);
+    }
+    catch (<caret>SocketTimeoutException e) {
+      throw new TimeoutOccurredException(e);
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/completion/KeywordCompletionTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/completion/KeywordCompletionTest.java
index 1e6543944d71..2368e99375af 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/completion/KeywordCompletionTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/completion/KeywordCompletionTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package com.intellij.java.codeInsight.completion;
 
 import com.intellij.JavaTestUtil;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.completion.LightCompletionTestCase;
+import com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.Lookup;
 import com.intellij.lang.java.JavaLanguage;
 import com.intellij.pom.java.LanguageLevel;
 import com.intellij.psi.codeStyle.CodeStyleSettingsManager;
@@ -111,9 +112,9 @@ public class KeywordCompletionTest extends LightCompletionTestCase {
   public void testInstanceofAfterStatementStart() { doTest(1, "instanceof"); }
 
   public void testInstanceofNegation() {
-    configureByFile(BASE_PATH + getTestName(true) + ".java");
+    configureByTestName();
     selectItem(myItems[0], '!');
-    checkResultByFile(BASE_PATH + getTestName(true) + "_after.java");
+    checkResultByTestName();
   }
 
   public void testNoPrimitivesInBooleanAnnotationAttribute() { doTest(1, "true", "int", "boolean"); }
@@ -146,20 +147,34 @@ public class KeywordCompletionTest extends LightCompletionTestCase {
   public void testPrimitiveInForLoop() { doTest(1, "int"); }
   public void testPrivateInJava9Interface() { setLanguageLevel(LanguageLevel.JDK_1_9); doTest(); }
 
+  public void testOverwriteCatch() {
+    configureByTestName();
+    selectItem(myItems[0], Lookup.REPLACE_SELECT_CHAR);
+    checkResultByTestName();
+  }
+
   public void testTryInExpression() {
-    configureByFile(BASE_PATH + getTestName(true) + ".java");
+    configureByTestName();
     assertEquals("toString", myItems[0].getLookupString());
     assertEquals("this", myItems[1].getLookupString());
   }
 
   private void doTest() {
+    configureByTestName();
+    checkResultByTestName();
+  }
+
+  private void configureByTestName() {
     configureByFile(BASE_PATH + getTestName(true) + ".java");
+  }
+
+  private void checkResultByTestName() {
     checkResultByFile(BASE_PATH + getTestName(true) + "_after.java");
   }
 
   // todo: check included/excluded variants separately
   protected void doTest(int finalCount, String... values) {
-    configureByFile(BASE_PATH + getTestName(true) + ".java");
+    configureByTestName();
     testByCount(finalCount, values);
   }
 }
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