diff --git a/platform/remote-servers/impl/src/com/intellij/remoteServer/impl/runtime/ui/ServersToolWindowContent.java b/platform/remote-servers/impl/src/com/intellij/remoteServer/impl/runtime/ui/ServersToolWindowContent.java
index 02f8772283c8..6f5da6059bef 100644
--- a/platform/remote-servers/impl/src/com/intellij/remoteServer/impl/runtime/ui/ServersToolWindowContent.java
+++ b/platform/remote-servers/impl/src/com/intellij/remoteServer/impl/runtime/ui/ServersToolWindowContent.java
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ import com.intellij.remoteServer.runtime.ServerConnection;
 import com.intellij.remoteServer.runtime.ServerConnectionListener;
 import com.intellij.remoteServer.runtime.ServerConnectionManager;
 import com.intellij.ui.*;
-import com.intellij.ui.components.JBPanelWithEmptyText;
+import com.intellij.ui.components.JBPanel;
 import com.intellij.ui.treeStructure.Tree;
 import com.intellij.util.Alarm;
 import com.intellij.util.ObjectUtils;
+import com.intellij.util.ui.JBSwingUtilities;
+import com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ public class ServersToolWindowContent extends JPanel implements Disposable, Serv
   private final Tree myTree;
   private final CardLayout myPropertiesPanelLayout;
   private final JPanel myPropertiesPanel;
-  private final JBPanelWithEmptyText myMessagePanel;
+  private final JBPanelWithHtmlEmptyText myMessagePanel;
   private final Map<String, JComponent> myLogComponents = new HashMap<>();
 
   private final DefaultTreeModel myTreeModel;
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ public class ServersToolWindowContent extends JPanel implements Disposable, Serv
     splitter.setFirstComponent(ScrollPaneFactory.createScrollPane(myTree, SideBorder.LEFT));
     myPropertiesPanelLayout = new CardLayout();
     myPropertiesPanel = new JPanel(myPropertiesPanelLayout);
-    myMessagePanel = new JBPanelWithEmptyText().withEmptyText(EMPTY_SELECTION_MESSAGE);
+    myMessagePanel = new JBPanelWithHtmlEmptyText().withEmptyText(EMPTY_SELECTION_MESSAGE);
     myPropertiesPanel.add(MESSAGE_CARD, myMessagePanel);
     splitter.setSecondComponent(myPropertiesPanel);
     getMainPanel().add(splitter, BorderLayout.CENTER);
@@ -209,8 +211,14 @@ public class ServersToolWindowContent extends JPanel implements Disposable, Serv
     }
   }
 
-  private void showMessageLabel(String text) {
-    myMessagePanel.getEmptyText().setText(text);
+  private void showMessageLabel(@NotNull String text) {
+    if (text.contains("<br/>") && !text.startsWith("<html>")) {
+      String html = "<html><center>" + text + "</center></html>";
+      myMessagePanel.setEmptyText(html);
+    }
+    else {
+      myMessagePanel.setEmptyText(text);
+    }
     myPropertiesPanelLayout.show(myPropertiesPanel, MESSAGE_CARD);
   }
 
@@ -364,4 +372,51 @@ public class ServersToolWindowContent extends JPanel implements Disposable, Serv
     return isServerNodeMatch(serverNode, connection)
            && node.getDeployment().getName().equals(deploymentName);
   }
+
+  private static class JBPanelWithHtmlEmptyText extends JBPanel<JBPanelWithHtmlEmptyText> {
+    private final JLabel myLabel = new JLabel();
+
+    public JBPanelWithHtmlEmptyText withEmptyText(@NotNull String text) {
+      setEmptyText(text);
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    public void setEmptyText(@NotNull String text) {
+      myLabel.setText(text);
+      repaint();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Graphics getComponentGraphics(Graphics graphics) {
+      return JBSwingUtilities.runGlobalCGTransform(this, super.getComponentGraphics(graphics));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
+      super.paintComponent(g);
+
+      if (!UIUtil.uiChildren(this).filter(Component::isVisible).isEmpty()) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      myLabel.setFont(getFont());
+      myLabel.setBackground(getBackground());
+      myLabel.setForeground(UIUtil.getInactiveTextColor());
+
+      Rectangle bounds = getBounds();
+      Dimension size = myLabel.getPreferredSize();
+      myLabel.setBounds(0, 0, size.width, size.height);
+
+      int x = (bounds.width - size.width) / 2;
+      int y = (bounds.height - size.height) / 3; // above center
+
+      Graphics g2 = g.create(bounds.x + x, bounds.y + y, bounds.width, bounds.height);
+      try {
+        myLabel.paint(g2);
+      }
+      finally {
+        g2.dispose();
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }