diff --git a/platform/usageView/src/com/intellij/usages/impl/UsagePreviewPanel.java b/platform/usageView/src/com/intellij/usages/impl/UsagePreviewPanel.java
index 0c2a7f677e58..f9b9e963bfd9 100644
--- a/platform/usageView/src/com/intellij/usages/impl/UsagePreviewPanel.java
+++ b/platform/usageView/src/com/intellij/usages/impl/UsagePreviewPanel.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class UsagePreviewPanel extends UsageContextPanelBase implements DataProv
   }
 
   protected void customizeEditorSettings(EditorSettings settings) {
-    settings.setLineMarkerAreaShown(false);
+    settings.setLineMarkerAreaShown(myIsEditor);
     settings.setFoldingOutlineShown(false);
     settings.setAdditionalColumnsCount(0);
     settings.setAdditionalLinesCount(0);