diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/history/browser/CherryPicker.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/history/browser/CherryPicker.java
index b0983b944769..4ff939ab4342 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/history/browser/CherryPicker.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/history/browser/CherryPicker.java
@@ -100,8 +100,12 @@ public class CherryPicker {
             return false;
           }
         }
+        else if (localChangesOverwrittenDetector.hasHappened()) {
+          notifyError("Your local changes would be overwritten by cherry-pick.<br/>Commit your changes or stash them to proceed.",
+                      commit, successfulCommits);
+          return false;
+        }
         else {
-          // including localChangesOverwrittenDetector.hasHappened() - no special handler for now
           notifyError(result.getErrorOutputAsHtmlString(), commit, successfulCommits);
           return false;
         }
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ public class CherryPicker {
 
   private void notifyConflictWarning(GitCommit commit, List<GitCommit> successfulCommits) {
     String description = commitDetails(commit);
-    description += getSuccessfulCommitDetailsIfAny(successfulCommits, description);
+    description += getSuccessfulCommitDetailsIfAny(successfulCommits);
     myPlatformFacade.getNotificator(myProject).notifyWeakWarning("Cherry-picked with conflicts", description);
   }
 
@@ -158,12 +162,13 @@ public class CherryPicker {
 
   private void notifyError(@NotNull String content, @NotNull GitCommit failedCommit, @NotNull List<GitCommit> successfulCommits) {
     String description = "Cherry-pick failed for " + commitDetails(failedCommit) + "<br/>" + content;
-    description += getSuccessfulCommitDetailsIfAny(successfulCommits, description);
+    description += getSuccessfulCommitDetailsIfAny(successfulCommits);
     myPlatformFacade.getNotificator(myProject).notifyError("Cherry-pick failed", description);
   }
 
   @NotNull
-  private static String getSuccessfulCommitDetailsIfAny(@NotNull List<GitCommit> successfulCommits, @NotNull String description) {
+  private static String getSuccessfulCommitDetailsIfAny(@NotNull List<GitCommit> successfulCommits) {
+    String description = "";
     if (!successfulCommits.isEmpty()) {
       description += "<br/>However it succeeded for the following " + StringUtil.pluralize("commit", successfulCommits.size()) + ": <br/>";
       description = getCommitsDetails(successfulCommits);
@@ -187,7 +192,7 @@ public class CherryPicker {
 
   @NotNull
   private static String commitDetails(@NotNull GitCommit commit) {
-    return commit.getShortHash().toString() + " " + commit.getSubject();
+    return commit.getShortHash().toString() + " \"" + commit.getSubject() + "\"";
   }
 
   private void refreshChangedFiles(@NotNull Collection<FilePath> filePaths) {
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/tests/git4idea/cherrypick/GitAutoCommittingCherryPickTest.groovy b/plugins/git4idea/tests/git4idea/cherrypick/GitAutoCommittingCherryPickTest.groovy
index c4344bc7d98b..36d8016909f2 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/tests/git4idea/cherrypick/GitAutoCommittingCherryPickTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/tests/git4idea/cherrypick/GitAutoCommittingCherryPickTest.groovy
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package git4idea.cherrypick
 
-import com.intellij.notification.Notification
 import com.intellij.notification.NotificationType
 import git4idea.history.browser.CherryPicker
 import git4idea.history.browser.GitCommit
@@ -76,13 +75,15 @@ Otherwise, please use 'git reset'
   void "dirty tree, conflicting with commit, then show error"() {
     myGit.registerOperationExecutors(new SimpleErrorOperationExecutor(CHERRY_PICK, LOCAL_CHANGES_OVERWRITTEN_BY_CHERRY_PICK))
 
-    invokeCherryPick(commit())
+    def commit = commit()
+    invokeCherryPick(commit)
 
     assertNotCherryPicked()
     assertOnlyDefaultChangelist()
-    assertNotificationShown(new Notification(TEST_NOTIFICATION_GROUP, "Cherry-pick failed",
-                                             "Your local changes to some files would be overwritten by cherry-pick. View them",
-                                             NotificationType.ERROR))
+    assertNotificationShown("Cherry-pick failed",
+                            "Cherry-pick failed for ${notificationContent(commit)}" +
+                            "Your local changes would be overwritten by cherry-pick.<br/>Commit your changes or stash them to proceed.",
+                            NotificationType.ERROR)
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/tests/git4idea/cherrypick/GitCherryPickTest.groovy b/plugins/git4idea/tests/git4idea/cherrypick/GitCherryPickTest.groovy
index a04d9ca80ff9..037ac382a7ef 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/tests/git4idea/cherrypick/GitCherryPickTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/tests/git4idea/cherrypick/GitCherryPickTest.groovy
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ hint: and commit the result with 'git commit'
   }
 
   String notificationContent(GitCommit commit) {
-    "${commit.shortHash.toString()} ${commit.subject}"
+    "${commit.shortHash.toString()} \"${commit.subject}\""
   }
 
   String notificationContent(GitCommit... commits) {