diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/impl/FileLoadingTracker.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/impl/FileLoadingTracker.java
index f2c90906ba6e..1b8d1c52ff9f 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/impl/FileLoadingTracker.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/impl/FileLoadingTracker.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class FileLoadingTracker {
 
   private static List<String> getPathsToTrack() {
     try {
-      return StringUtil.split(Registry.stringValue("file.system.trace.loading"), ":");
+      return StringUtil.split(Registry.stringValue("file.system.trace.loading"), ";");
     }
     catch (MissingResourceException e) {
       return Collections.emptyList();
diff --git a/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties b/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
index 61feb64682b3..f6e28d9f5541 100644
--- a/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
+++ b/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ runManager.use.schemeManager=false
 vfs.use.nio-based.local.refresh.worker=false
 
 file.system.trace.loading=/proc/cpuinfo
-file.system.trace.loading.description=Colon-separated paths that should not be loaded into IDE's file system. Their loading stack traces will be logged
+file.system.trace.loading.description=Semicolon-separated paths that should not be loaded into IDE's file system. Their loading stack traces will be logged
 file.system.trace.loading.restartRequired=true
 
 ESLint.Language.Service.full.log=false