diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/highlighting/HighlightHandlerBase.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/highlighting/HighlightHandlerBase.java
index 6643fa8fa260..5a8a2adbe0d5 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/highlighting/HighlightHandlerBase.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/highlighting/HighlightHandlerBase.java
@@ -39,7 +39,13 @@ public abstract class HighlightHandlerBase {
 
   public static String getLineTextErrorStripeTooltip(Document document, int offset, boolean escape) {
     final int lineNumber = document.getLineNumber(offset);
-    final String lineText = document.getText().substring(document.getLineStartOffset(lineNumber), document.getLineEndOffset(lineNumber));
+    int lineStartOffset = document.getLineStartOffset(lineNumber);
+    int lineEndOffset = document.getLineEndOffset(lineNumber);
+    int lineFragmentEndOffset = Math.min(lineStartOffset + 140, lineEndOffset);
+    String lineText = document.getText().substring(lineStartOffset, lineFragmentEndOffset);
+    if (lineFragmentEndOffset != lineEndOffset) {
+      lineText = lineText.trim() + "...";
+    }
     return "  " + (escape ? StringUtil.escapeXml(lineText.trim()) : lineText.trim()) + "  ";
   }
 }