diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/RangeMarkerImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/RangeMarkerImpl.java
index 3ce45df63f30..6d89f0be3db6 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/RangeMarkerImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/RangeMarkerImpl.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.editor.ex.DocumentEx;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.ex.RangeMarkerEx;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Key;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.UserDataHolderBase;
-import com.intellij.util.DistributedCounter;
 import com.intellij.util.Processor;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ public class RangeMarkerImpl extends UserDataHolderBase implements RangeMarkerEx
   protected RangeMarkerTree.RMNode myNode;
 
   private final long myId;
-  private static final DistributedCounter counter = new DistributedCounter();
+  private static final StripedIDGenerator counter = new StripedIDGenerator();
 
   protected RangeMarkerImpl(@NotNull DocumentEx document, int start, int end, boolean register) {
     this(document, start, end, register, false, false);
diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/DistributedCounter.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/StripedIDGenerator.java
similarity index 90%
rename from platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/DistributedCounter.java
rename to platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/StripedIDGenerator.java
index 9fdfcd0b15a1..081bcb666dc5 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/DistributedCounter.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/StripedIDGenerator.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-package com.intellij.util;
+package com.intellij.openapi.editor.impl;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
  * Low-contention counter.
  * Repeated calls to {@link #next()} return numbers which are unique across all calling threads, and which are increasing over calls within one thread.
  */
-public class DistributedCounter {
+public class StripedIDGenerator {
   private static final int CHUNK_SIZE = 1000;
   private final AtomicLong nextChunkStart = new AtomicLong();
-  // must not ne static
+  // must not be static since we might want to have several instances of this class
   private final ThreadLocal<NextPair> localCounter = new ThreadLocal<NextPair>();
   private static class NextPair {
     long nextId;