1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java
index cfcbe7967d35..adec13d20412 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java
@@ -1264,10 +1264,10 @@ public class FileUtil extends FileUtilRt {
     if (path == null) return null;
 
     if (SystemInfo.isUnix || !unixOnly) {
-      final File projectDir = new File(path);
-      final File userHomeDir = new File(SystemProperties.getUserHome());
+      File projectDir = new File(path);
+      File userHomeDir = new File(SystemProperties.getUserHome());
       if (isAncestor(userHomeDir, projectDir, true)) {
-        return "~/" + getRelativePath(userHomeDir, projectDir);
+        return '~' + File.separator + getRelativePath(userHomeDir, projectDir);
       }
     }