diff --git a/uppsrc/ide/AssistDisplay.cpp b/uppsrc/ide/AssistDisplay.cpp
index 38efcd22b..e7d0e387c 100644
--- a/uppsrc/ide/AssistDisplay.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/ide/AssistDisplay.cpp
@@ -87,10 +87,12 @@ int PaintCpp(Draw& w, const Rect& r, int kind, const String& name, const String&
 #endif
 
 	Vector<ItemTextPart> n = ParsePretty(name, pretty);
+	bool hasdecltype = pretty.StartsWith("decltype");
 	int count = n.GetCount();
 	if(retval_last) {
 		for(int i = 0; i < n.GetCount(); i++)
-			if(findarg(n[i].type, ITEM_NAME, ITEM_OPERATOR) >= 0 || pretty[n[i].pos] == '(') {
+			if(findarg(n[i].type, ITEM_NAME, ITEM_OPERATOR) >= 0 ||
+			   pretty[n[i].pos] == '(' && !hasdecltype) {
 				PaintText(w, x, y, pretty, n, i, count - i, focuscursor, ink, false);
 				count = i;
 				while(count) { // remove trailing spaces