diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/newEditor/ConfigurableLabelProvider.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/newEditor/ConfigurableLabelProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2d845842cb07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/newEditor/ConfigurableLabelProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+package com.intellij.openapi.options.newEditor;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+@ApiStatus.Internal
+@ApiStatus.Experimental
+public interface ConfigurableLabelProvider {
+
+  @Nls @Nullable String getLabel();
+}
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/newEditor/SettingsTreeView.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/newEditor/SettingsTreeView.java
index 1e9e968acdf9..a1445428ca89 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/newEditor/SettingsTreeView.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/options/newEditor/SettingsTreeView.java
@@ -653,6 +653,14 @@ public class SettingsTreeView extends JComponent implements Accessible, Disposab
                       null;
       myNodeIcon.setIcon(nodeIcon);
 
+      if (configurable instanceof ConfigurableLabelProvider) {
+        String label = ((ConfigurableLabelProvider)configurable).getLabel();
+        if (label != null) {
+          myTextLabel.append("   ", SimpleTextAttributes.REGULAR_ATTRIBUTES, false);
+          myTextLabel.append(label, SimpleTextAttributes.GRAYED_SMALL_ATTRIBUTES, false);
+        }
+      }
+
       if (node != null && UISettings.getInstance().getShowInplaceCommentsInternal()) {
         ConfigurableWrapper wrapper = configurable instanceof ConfigurableWrapper ?
                                       ((ConfigurableWrapper)configurable) :