diff --git a/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/AnAction.java b/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/AnAction.java
index da4cb7daee7d..c681f6cbbbea 100644
--- a/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/AnAction.java
+++ b/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/AnAction.java
@@ -278,7 +278,9 @@ public abstract class AnAction implements PossiblyDumbAware {
 
   protected void setShortcutSet(ShortcutSet shortcutSet) {
     if (myIsGlobal && myShortcutSet != shortcutSet) {
-      LOG.warn("Shortcuts of global AnActions should not be changed outside of KeymapManager", new Throwable());
+      LOG.warn("ShortcutSet of global AnActions should not be changed outside of KeymapManager.\n" +
+               "This is likely not what you wanted to do. Consider setting shortcut in keymap defaults, inheriting from other action " +
+               "using `use-shortcut-of` or wrapping with EmptyAction.wrap().", new Throwable());
     }
     myShortcutSet = shortcutSet;
   }