diff --git a/microprofile.ls/com.redhat.microprofile.ls/src/main/java/com/redhat/microprofile/settings/capabilities/MicroProfileCapabilityManager.java b/microprofile.ls/com.redhat.microprofile.ls/src/main/java/com/redhat/microprofile/settings/capabilities/MicroProfileCapabilityManager.java
index de4aaf9d8..d1f7c5048 100644
--- a/microprofile.ls/com.redhat.microprofile.ls/src/main/java/com/redhat/microprofile/settings/capabilities/MicroProfileCapabilityManager.java
+++ b/microprofile.ls/com.redhat.microprofile.ls/src/main/java/com/redhat/microprofile/settings/capabilities/MicroProfileCapabilityManager.java
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat Inc. and others. All rights reserved. This program
- * and the accompanying materials which accompanies this distribution, and is
- * available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html
+/**
+ *  Copyright (c) 2019-2020 Red Hat, Inc. and others.
+ *  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ *  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v2.0
+ *  which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ *  http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
  *
- * Contributors: Red Hat Inc. - initial API and implementation
- *******************************************************************************/
+ *  Contributors:
+ *  Red Hat Inc. - initial API and implementation
+ */
 package com.redhat.microprofile.settings.capabilities;
 
 import static com.redhat.microprofile.settings.capabilities.ServerCapabilitiesConstants.CODE_ACTION_ID;
 import static com.redhat.microprofile.settings.capabilities.ServerCapabilitiesConstants.CODE_LENS_ID;
 import static com.redhat.microprofile.settings.capabilities.ServerCapabilitiesConstants.COMPLETION_ID;
 import static com.redhat.microprofile.settings.capabilities.ServerCapabilitiesConstants.DEFAULT_COMPLETION_OPTIONS;
+import static com.redhat.microprofile.settings.capabilities.ServerCapabilitiesConstants.DEFAULT_FORMATTING_OPTIONS;
 import static com.redhat.microprofile.settings.capabilities.ServerCapabilitiesConstants.DEFINITION_ID;
 import static com.redhat.microprofile.settings.capabilities.ServerCapabilitiesConstants.DOCUMENT_SYMBOL_ID;
 import static com.redhat.microprofile.settings.capabilities.ServerCapabilitiesConstants.FORMATTING_ID;
@@ -74,14 +80,29 @@ public void initializeCapabilities() {
 			registerCapability(DEFINITION_ID, TEXT_DOCUMENT_DEFINITION);
 		}
 		if (this.getClientCapabilities().isFormattingDynamicRegistered()) {
-			registerCapability(FORMATTING_ID, TEXT_DOCUMENT_FORMATTING);
+			// The MP language server manages properties and Java files, but for formatting
+			// and range formatting
+			// feature, only properties file are supported.
+			// We need to inform to the client that only properties are supported for format
+			// feature with register options:
+			/**
+			 * <pre>
+			 * "registerOptions": {
+					"documentSelector": [
+						{ "pattern": "**//*.properties" }
+					]
+				}
+			 * </pre>
+			 */
+			registerCapability(FORMATTING_ID, TEXT_DOCUMENT_FORMATTING, DEFAULT_FORMATTING_OPTIONS);
 		}
 		if (this.getClientCapabilities().isFormattingDynamicRegistered()) {
-			registerCapability(RANGE_FORMATTING_ID, TEXT_DOCUMENT_RANGE_FORMATTING);
+			registerCapability(RANGE_FORMATTING_ID, TEXT_DOCUMENT_RANGE_FORMATTING, DEFAULT_FORMATTING_OPTIONS);
 		}
 	}
 
-	public void setClientCapabilities(ClientCapabilities clientCapabilities, ExtendedClientCapabilities extendedClientCapabilities) {
+	public void setClientCapabilities(ClientCapabilities clientCapabilities,
+			ExtendedClientCapabilities extendedClientCapabilities) {
 		this.clientWrapper = new ClientCapabilitiesWrapper(clientCapabilities, extendedClientCapabilities);
 	}
 
diff --git a/microprofile.ls/com.redhat.microprofile.ls/src/main/java/com/redhat/microprofile/settings/capabilities/ServerCapabilitiesConstants.java b/microprofile.ls/com.redhat.microprofile.ls/src/main/java/com/redhat/microprofile/settings/capabilities/ServerCapabilitiesConstants.java
index eb785d06f..7060c2f3c 100644
--- a/microprofile.ls/com.redhat.microprofile.ls/src/main/java/com/redhat/microprofile/settings/capabilities/ServerCapabilitiesConstants.java
+++ b/microprofile.ls/com.redhat.microprofile.ls/src/main/java/com/redhat/microprofile/settings/capabilities/ServerCapabilitiesConstants.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.CodeLensOptions;
 import org.eclipse.lsp4j.CompletionOptions;
+import org.eclipse.lsp4j.DocumentFilter;
+import org.eclipse.lsp4j.TextDocumentRegistrationOptions;
 
 /**
  * Server Capabilities Constants
@@ -44,8 +46,12 @@ private ServerCapabilitiesConstants() {
 	public static final String CODE_ACTION_ID = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
 	public static final String CODE_LENS_ID = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
 
-	public static final CompletionOptions DEFAULT_COMPLETION_OPTIONS = new CompletionOptions(false, Arrays.asList(".",
-			"%", "=" /* triggered characters for properties file */ , "@" /* triggered characters for java snippets annotation */));
+	public static final CompletionOptions DEFAULT_COMPLETION_OPTIONS = new CompletionOptions(false,
+			Arrays.asList(".", "%", "=" /* triggered characters for properties file */ ,
+					"@" /* triggered characters for java snippets annotation */));
 
 	public static final CodeLensOptions DEFAULT_CODELENS_OPTIONS = new CodeLensOptions();
+
+	public static final TextDocumentRegistrationOptions DEFAULT_FORMATTING_OPTIONS = new TextDocumentRegistrationOptions(
+			Arrays.asList(new DocumentFilter(null, null, "**/*.properties")));
 }
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