diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/config/commonEditorConfig.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/config/commonEditorConfig.ts
index 54a1f0db9bc7f20e35187a739d52b6b64830bd94..760dc63089ec02af47aba9bfb6e51f100091cdec 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/config/commonEditorConfig.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/config/commonEditorConfig.ts
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ const editorConfiguration: IConfigurationNode = {
 				}
 			],
 			'default': DefaultConfig.editor.wordBasedSuggestions,
-			'description': nls.localize('wordBasedSuggestions', "Enable word based suggestions.")
+			'description': nls.localize('wordBasedSuggestions', "Controls whether completions should be computed based on words in the document.")
 		},
 		'editor.suggestFontSize': {
 			'type': 'integer',