diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/AnalyzingUtils.java b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/AnalyzingUtils.java
index 1c466051715..9609cac15a9 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/AnalyzingUtils.java
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/AnalyzingUtils.java
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve;
 
+import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Document;
 import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProcessCanceledException;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Key;
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiDocumentManager;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElementVisitor;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiErrorElement;
@@ -135,7 +137,13 @@ public class AnalyzingUtils {
 
             @Override
             public void visitErrorElement(PsiErrorElement element) {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException(element.getErrorDescription() + " at offset " + element.getTextRange().getStartOffset());
+                Document document = PsiDocumentManager.getInstance(element.getProject()).getDocument(element.getContainingFile());
+                int offset = element.getTextRange().getStartOffset();
+                int lineNumber = document.getLineNumber(offset);
+                int lineStartOffset = document.getLineStartOffset(lineNumber);
+                int column = offset - lineStartOffset;
+
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(element.getErrorDescription() + "; looking at " + element.getNode().getElementType() + " '" + element.getText() + "' at line " + lineNumber + ":" + column);
             }
         });
     }
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/structureView/JetStructureViewElement.java b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/structureView/JetStructureViewElement.java
index 2f0c86f7e1e..e398c7d605a 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/structureView/JetStructureViewElement.java
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/structureView/JetStructureViewElement.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package org.jetbrains.jet.plugin.structureView;
 import com.intellij.ide.structureView.StructureViewTreeElement;
 import com.intellij.ide.util.treeView.smartTree.TreeElement;
 import com.intellij.navigation.ItemPresentation;
-import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.TextAttributesKey;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Iconable;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.psi.NavigatablePsiElement;
@@ -69,11 +68,6 @@ public class JetStructureViewElement implements StructureViewTreeElement {
                         ? PsiIconUtil.getProvidersIcon(myElement, open ? Iconable.ICON_FLAG_OPEN : Iconable.ICON_FLAG_CLOSED)
                         : null;
             }
-
-            @Override
-            public TextAttributesKey getTextAttributesKey() {
-                return null;
-            }
         };
     }