diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/PostHighlightingVisitor.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/PostHighlightingVisitor.java
index 162996bbd427..242626035c69 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/PostHighlightingVisitor.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/PostHighlightingVisitor.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressIndicator;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Disposer;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.pom.PomNamedTarget;
 import com.intellij.profile.codeInspection.InspectionProjectProfileManager;
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ class PostHighlightingVisitor {
 
       final boolean readReferenced = myRefCountHolder.isReferencedForRead(field);
       if (!readReferenced && !UnusedSymbolUtil.isImplicitRead(project, field)) {
-        String message = JavaErrorBundle.message("private.field.is.not.used.for.reading", identifier.getText());
+        String message = getNotUsedForReadingMessage(field, identifier);
         return suggestionsToMakeFieldUsed(field, identifier, message);
       }
 
@@ -326,7 +327,7 @@ class PostHighlightingVisitor {
     }
     else if (UnusedSymbolUtil.isFieldUnused(myProject, myFile, field, progress, helper)) {
       if (UnusedSymbolUtil.isImplicitWrite(myProject, field)) {
-        String message = JavaErrorBundle.message("private.field.is.not.used.for.reading", identifier.getText());
+        String message = getNotUsedForReadingMessage(field, identifier);
         HighlightInfo highlightInfo = UnusedSymbolUtil.createUnusedSymbolInfo(identifier, message, myDeadCodeInfoType);
         QuickFixAction.registerQuickFixAction(highlightInfo, QuickFixFactory.getInstance().createSafeDeleteFix(field), myDeadCodeKey);
         return highlightInfo;
@@ -336,6 +337,15 @@ class PostHighlightingVisitor {
     return null;
   }
 
+  @NotNull
+  private static String getNotUsedForReadingMessage(@NotNull final PsiField field, @NotNull final PsiIdentifier identifier) {
+    final String visibility = VisibilityUtil.getVisibilityStringToDisplay(field);
+
+    final String message = JavaErrorBundle.message("field.is.not.used.for.reading", visibility, identifier.getText());
+
+    return StringUtil.capitalize(message);
+  }
+
   private HighlightInfo suggestionsToMakeFieldUsed(@NotNull PsiField field, @NotNull PsiIdentifier identifier, @NotNull String message) {
     HighlightInfo highlightInfo = UnusedSymbolUtil.createUnusedSymbolInfo(identifier, message, myDeadCodeInfoType);
     SpecialAnnotationsUtilBase.createAddToSpecialAnnotationFixes(field, annoName -> {
diff --git a/java/java-psi-impl/src/messages/JavaErrorBundle.properties b/java/java-psi-impl/src/messages/JavaErrorBundle.properties
index 3737c7b507ec..d2fa2c07c992 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-impl/src/messages/JavaErrorBundle.properties
+++ b/java/java-psi-impl/src/messages/JavaErrorBundle.properties
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ local.variable.is.not.used.for.reading=Variable ''{0}'' is assigned but never ac
 local.variable.is.not.assigned=Variable ''{0}'' is never assigned
 private.field.is.not.used=Private field ''{0}'' is never used
 field.is.not.used=Field ''{0}'' is never used
-private.field.is.not.used.for.reading=Private field ''{0}'' is assigned but never accessed
+field.is.not.used.for.reading={0} field ''{1}'' is assigned but never accessed
 private.field.is.not.assigned=Private field ''{0}'' is never assigned
 parameter.is.not.used=Parameter ''{0}'' is never used
 pattern.variable.is.not.used=Pattern variable ''{0}'' is never used
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advFixture/MarkFieldsWhichAreExplicitlyWrittenAsUnused.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advFixture/MarkFieldsWhichAreExplicitlyWrittenAsUnused.java
index eff890cf55e6..957d94e9887f 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advFixture/MarkFieldsWhichAreExplicitlyWrittenAsUnused.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advFixture/MarkFieldsWhichAreExplicitlyWrittenAsUnused.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 public class <warning descr="Class 'MarkFieldsWhichAreExplicitlyWrittenAsUnused' is never used">MarkFieldsWhichAreExplicitlyWrittenAsUnused</warning> {
 
-  public String <warning descr="Private field 'implicitWrite' is assigned but never accessed">implicitWrite</warning>;
+  public String <warning descr="Public field 'implicitWrite' is assigned but never accessed">implicitWrite</warning>;
 }
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