diff --git a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/DebugProcessEvents.java b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/DebugProcessEvents.java
index 254ed0799282..2d7c47544e75 100644
--- a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/DebugProcessEvents.java
+++ b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/DebugProcessEvents.java
@@ -36,8 +36,11 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.application.ModalityState;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProcessCanceledException;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import com.intellij.openapi.ui.MessageType;
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.Messages;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Pair;
+import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindowId;
+import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ToolWindowManager;
 import com.sun.jdi.InternalException;
 import com.sun.jdi.ThreadReference;
 import com.sun.jdi.VMDisconnectedException;
@@ -388,6 +391,12 @@ public class DebugProcessEvents extends DebugProcessImpl {
         myReturnValueWatcher.disable();
       }
       getSuspendManager().voteSuspend(suspendContext);
+      if (hint != null) {
+        final RequestHint.SmartStepFilter smartStepFilter = hint.getSmartStepFilter();
+        if (smartStepFilter != null && !smartStepFilter.wasMethodExecuted()) {
+          ToolWindowManager.getInstance(getProject()).notifyByBalloon(ToolWindowId.DEBUG, MessageType.INFO, "Method <b>" + smartStepFilter.getTargetMethodName() + "()</b> has not been called");
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/RequestHint.java b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/RequestHint.java
index e4f3ae8e97f4..aae460a44774 100644
--- a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/RequestHint.java
+++ b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/RequestHint.java
@@ -58,13 +58,22 @@ public class RequestHint {
     private final JVMName myDeclaringClassName;
     private final @NonNls String myTargetMethodName;
     private final JVMName myTargetMethodSignature;
+    private boolean myMethodExecuted;
 
     public SmartStepFilter(PsiMethod psiMethod) {
       myDeclaringClassName = JVMNameUtil.getJVMQualifiedName(psiMethod.getContainingClass());
       myTargetMethodName = psiMethod.isConstructor()? "<init>" : psiMethod.getName();
       myTargetMethodSignature = JVMNameUtil.getJVMSignature(psiMethod);
     }
-                  
+
+    public String getTargetMethodName() {
+      return myTargetMethodName;
+    }
+
+    public boolean wasMethodExecuted() {
+      return myMethodExecuted;
+    }
+
     public boolean shouldStopAtLocation(final SuspendContextImpl context) {
       try {
         final StackFrameProxyImpl frameProxy = context.getFrameProxy();
@@ -80,6 +89,7 @@ public class RequestHint {
         if (!signatureMatches(method, myTargetMethodSignature.getName(process))) {
           return false;
         }
+        myMethodExecuted = true;
         final ObjectReference thisObject = frameProxy.thisObject();
         final ReferenceType locationClass = thisObject != null? thisObject.referenceType() : method.declaringType();
         return DebuggerUtilsEx.isAssignableFrom(myDeclaringClassName.getName(process), locationClass);
@@ -168,6 +178,11 @@ public class RequestHint {
     return mySkipThisMethod ? StepRequest.STEP_OUT : myDepth;
   }
 
+  @Nullable
+  public SmartStepFilter getSmartStepFilter() {
+    return myTargetMethodSignature;
+  }
+
   public int getNextStepDepth(final SuspendContextImpl context) {
     try {
       if ((myDepth == StepRequest.STEP_OVER || myDepth == StepRequest.STEP_INTO) && myPosition != null) {