diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/ui/ValidationInfo.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/ui/ValidationInfo.java
index dd76ed28b0e0..4416912c65f4 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/ui/ValidationInfo.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/ui/ValidationInfo.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 package com.intellij.openapi.ui;
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
+import com.intellij.util.nls.NlsContexts;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import javax.swing.*;
  */
 public final class ValidationInfo {
   @Nls
+  @NlsContexts.ValidationInfo
   @NotNull
   public final String message;
 
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ public final class ValidationInfo {
    * @param message   the error message to display.
    * @param component the component containing the invalid data.
    */
-  public ValidationInfo(@Nls @NotNull String message, @Nullable JComponent component) {
+  public ValidationInfo(@Nls @NlsContexts.ValidationInfo @NotNull String message, @Nullable JComponent component) {
     this.message = message;
     this.component = component;
   }
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ public final class ValidationInfo {
    *
    * @param message the error message to display.
    */
-  public ValidationInfo(@Nls @NotNull String message) {
+  public ValidationInfo(@Nls @NlsContexts.ValidationInfo @NotNull String message) {
     this(message, null);
   }
 
diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/util/nls/NlsContexts.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/util/nls/NlsContexts.java
index aab6878491b8..37eb7ca7c773 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/util/nls/NlsContexts.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/util/nls/NlsContexts.java
@@ -129,4 +129,10 @@ public class NlsContexts {
   @Target(ElementType.TYPE_USE)
   public @interface Configurable {
   }
+
+  @NlsContext(prefix = "validation.info")
+  @Nls(capitalization = Nls.Capitalization.Sentence)
+  @Target(ElementType.TYPE_USE)
+  public @interface ValidationInfo {
+  }
 }
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