diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/runAnything/items/RunAnythingActionItem.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/runAnything/items/RunAnythingActionItem.java
index fc61aaca7249..f4fcdd4031c8 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/runAnything/items/RunAnythingActionItem.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/runAnything/items/RunAnythingActionItem.java
@@ -8,12 +8,21 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import javax.swing.*;
 
 public class RunAnythingActionItem<T extends AnAction> extends RunAnythingItemBase {
+  @NotNull private final T myAction;
+
   public RunAnythingActionItem(@NotNull T action, @NotNull String fullCommand, @Nullable Icon icon) {
     super(fullCommand, icon);
+    myAction = action;
   }
 
   @NotNull
   public static String getCommand(@NotNull AnAction action, @NotNull String command) {
     return command + " " + (action.getTemplatePresentation().getText() != null ? action.getTemplatePresentation().getText() : "undefined");
   }
+
+  @Nullable
+  @Override
+  public String getDescription() {
+    return myAction.getTemplatePresentation().getDescription();
+  }
 }
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diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/runAnything/items/RunAnythingItemBase.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/runAnything/items/RunAnythingItemBase.java
index db61c081450f..e4009bf03880 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/runAnything/items/RunAnythingItemBase.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/runAnything/items/RunAnythingItemBase.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import com.intellij.ui.SimpleTextAttributes;
 import com.intellij.ui.speedSearch.SpeedSearchUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.ObjectUtils;
 import com.intellij.util.ui.EmptyIcon;
-import com.intellij.util.ui.JBUI;
 import com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
 
-import static com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil.shortenTextWithEllipsis;
 import static com.intellij.ui.SimpleTextAttributes.*;
 import static com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil.getListSelectionForeground;
 
@@ -59,26 +57,31 @@ public class RunAnythingItemBase extends RunAnythingItem {
                                                     RunAnythingGroup.RUN_ANYTHING_MATCHER_BUILDER.fun(pattern).build(),
                                                     background,
                                                     isSelected);
-    component.add(textComponent, BorderLayout.CENTER);
+    component.add(BorderLayout.WEST, textComponent);
 
     Icon icon = myIcon;
     if (groupIcon == myIcon) {
       icon = EmptyIcon.ICON_16;
     }
-    JLabel iconLabel = new JLabel(icon);
-    iconLabel.setBorder(JBUI.Borders.emptyLeft(3));
-    component.add(iconLabel, BorderLayout.WEST);
 
-    String description = getDescription();
-    if (description != null) {
-      SimpleColoredComponent descriptionComponent = new SimpleColoredComponent();
-      descriptionComponent.append(" " + shortenTextWithEllipsis(description, 200, 0), getDescriptionAttributes(isSelected));
-      component.add(descriptionComponent, BorderLayout.EAST);
-    }
+    textComponent.setIcon(icon);
+    addDescription(component, isSelected);
 
     return component;
   }
 
+  private void addDescription(@NotNull JPanel panel, boolean isSelected) {
+    String description = getDescription();
+    if (description == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    SimpleColoredComponent descriptionComponent = new SimpleColoredComponent();
+    descriptionComponent.append(description, getDescriptionAttributes(isSelected));
+    descriptionComponent.setTextAlign(SwingConstants.RIGHT);
+    panel.add(descriptionComponent, BorderLayout.CENTER);
+  }
+
   public void setupIcon(@NotNull SimpleColoredComponent component, @Nullable Icon icon) {
     component.setIcon(ObjectUtils.notNull(icon, EmptyIcon.ICON_16));
   }