diff --git a/diktat-rules/src/main/kotlin/org/cqfn/diktat/ruleset/rules/chapter3/files/IndentationRule.kt b/diktat-rules/src/main/kotlin/org/cqfn/diktat/ruleset/rules/chapter3/files/IndentationRule.kt
index 1571166f63..7fe952fac8 100644
--- a/diktat-rules/src/main/kotlin/org/cqfn/diktat/ruleset/rules/chapter3/files/IndentationRule.kt
+++ b/diktat-rules/src/main/kotlin/org/cqfn/diktat/ruleset/rules/chapter3/files/IndentationRule.kt
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ class IndentationRule(configRules: List<RulesConfig>) : DiktatRule(
          */
         val regularStringPart = templateEntry.firstChildNode as LeafPsiElement
         val regularStringPartText = regularStringPart.checkRegularStringPart().text
-        val nodeStartIndentOrNegative = regularStringPartText.leadingSpaceCount() - actualIndent - DEFAULT_INDENT_SIZE
+        val nodeStartIndentOrNegative = (regularStringPartText.leadingSpaceCount() - actualIndent).unindent()
         // shift of the node depending on its initial string template indent
         val nodeStartIndent = nodeStartIndentOrNegative.zeroIfNegative()
 
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ class IndentationRule(configRules: List<RulesConfig>) : DiktatRule(
             }
 
             else -> {
-                val textIndent = (expectedIndent + DEFAULT_INDENT_SIZE).spaces
+                val textIndent = expectedIndent.indent().spaces
 
                 when {
                     // if string template is after literal_string
@@ -411,6 +411,30 @@ class IndentationRule(configRules: List<RulesConfig>) : DiktatRule(
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Increases the indentation level by [level] * [IndentationConfig.indentationSize].
+     *
+     * @param level the indentation level, 1 by default.
+     * @see unindent
+     * @see IndentationConfig.indentationSize
+     * @see IndentContext.maybeIncrement
+     * @see IndentContext.dec
+     */
+    private fun Int.indent(level: Int = 1): Int =
+        this + level * configuration.indentationSize
+
+    /**
+     * Decreases the indentation level by [level] * [IndentationConfig.indentationSize].
+     *
+     * @param level the indentation level, 1 by default.
+     * @see indent
+     * @see IndentationConfig.indentationSize
+     * @see IndentContext.maybeIncrement
+     * @see IndentContext.dec
+     */
+    private fun Int.unindent(level: Int = 1): Int =
+        this - level * configuration.indentationSize
+
     /**
      * Class that contains state needed to calculate indent and keep track of exceptional indents.
      * Tokens from [increasingTokens] are stored in stack [activeTokens]. When [WHITE_SPACE] with line break is encountered,
@@ -432,6 +456,10 @@ class IndentationRule(configRules: List<RulesConfig>) : DiktatRule(
 
         /**
          * Checks whether indentation needs to be incremented and increments in this case.
+         *
+         * @see dec
+         * @see Int.indent
+         * @see Int.unindent
          */
         fun maybeIncrement() {
             if (activeTokens.isNotEmpty() && activeTokens.peek() != WHITE_SPACE) {
@@ -442,6 +470,10 @@ class IndentationRule(configRules: List<RulesConfig>) : DiktatRule(
 
         /**
          * @param token a token that caused indentation decrement, for example a closing brace
+         *
+         * @see maybeIncrement
+         * @see Int.indent
+         * @see Int.unindent
          */
         fun dec(token: IElementType) {
             if (activeTokens.peek() == WHITE_SPACE) {
@@ -502,12 +534,6 @@ class IndentationRule(configRules: List<RulesConfig>) : DiktatRule(
 
     companion object {
         private val log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(IndentationRule::class.java)
-
-        /**
-         * The default indent size (space characters), configurable via
-         * `indentationSize`.
-         */
-        const val DEFAULT_INDENT_SIZE = 4
         const val NAME_ID = "zct-indentation"
         private val increasingTokens = listOf(LPAR, LBRACE, LBRACKET, LONG_TEMPLATE_ENTRY_START)
         private val decreasingTokens = listOf(RPAR, RBRACE, RBRACKET, LONG_TEMPLATE_ENTRY_END)
diff --git a/diktat-rules/src/main/kotlin/org/cqfn/diktat/ruleset/utils/indentation/IndentationConfig.kt b/diktat-rules/src/main/kotlin/org/cqfn/diktat/ruleset/utils/indentation/IndentationConfig.kt
index a8eefe9436..c147808e50 100644
--- a/diktat-rules/src/main/kotlin/org/cqfn/diktat/ruleset/utils/indentation/IndentationConfig.kt
+++ b/diktat-rules/src/main/kotlin/org/cqfn/diktat/ruleset/utils/indentation/IndentationConfig.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.cqfn.diktat.ruleset.utils.indentation
 
 import org.cqfn.diktat.common.config.rules.RuleConfiguration
-import org.cqfn.diktat.ruleset.rules.chapter3.files.IndentationRule
 
 /**
  * [RuleConfiguration] for indentation logic
@@ -37,5 +36,13 @@ internal class IndentationConfig(config: Map<String, String>) : RuleConfiguratio
     /**
      * The indentation size for each file
      */
-    val indentationSize = config["indentationSize"]?.toInt() ?: IndentationRule.DEFAULT_INDENT_SIZE
+    val indentationSize = config["indentationSize"]?.toInt() ?: DEFAULT_INDENT_SIZE
+
+    private companion object {
+        /**
+         * The default indent size (space characters), configurable via
+         * `indentationSize`.
+         */
+        private const val DEFAULT_INDENT_SIZE = 4
+    }
 }