diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/preferencesRenderers.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/preferencesRenderers.ts
index 5f11ee73262da9c9f4ce8ba55eb67f254cc0f74c..43578cf335093ca48e67eaba46b47bed168e429d 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/preferencesRenderers.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/preferencesRenderers.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export class UserSettingsRenderer extends Disposable implements IPreferencesRend
 	}
 
 	protected createHeader(): void {
-		this._register(new SettingsHeaderWidget(this.editor, '')).setMessage(nls.localize('emptyUserSettingsHeader', "Place your settings here to overwrite the Default Settings."));
+		this._register(new SettingsHeaderWidget(this.editor, '')).setMessage(nls.localize('emptyUserSettingsHeader', "Place your settings here to override the Default Settings."));
 	}
 
 	public render(): void {
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ export class WorkspaceSettingsRenderer extends UserSettingsRenderer implements I
 	}
 
 	protected createHeader(): void {
-		this._register(new SettingsHeaderWidget(this.editor, '')).setMessage(nls.localize('emptyWorkspaceSettingsHeader', "Place your settings here to overwrite the User Settings."));
+		this._register(new SettingsHeaderWidget(this.editor, '')).setMessage(nls.localize('emptyWorkspaceSettingsHeader', "Place your settings here to override the User Settings."));
 	}
 
 	public setAssociatedPreferencesModel(associatedPreferencesModel: IPreferencesEditorModel<ISetting>): void {
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ export class FolderSettingsRenderer extends UserSettingsRenderer implements IPre
 	}
 
 	protected createHeader(): void {
-		this._register(new SettingsHeaderWidget(this.editor, '')).setMessage(nls.localize('emptyFolderSettingsHeader', "Place your folder settings here to overwrite those from the Workspace Settings."));
+		this._register(new SettingsHeaderWidget(this.editor, '')).setMessage(nls.localize('emptyFolderSettingsHeader', "Place your folder settings here to override those from the Workspace Settings."));
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/keybinding/common/keybindingEditing.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/keybinding/common/keybindingEditing.ts
index c88ed827ba1475597a723a1ad9d690a7b56db6f6..b7e3ec1933717866e2bda711fbad3341fd6298fd 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/keybinding/common/keybindingEditing.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/keybinding/common/keybindingEditing.ts
@@ -245,6 +245,6 @@ export class KeybindingsEditingService extends Disposable implements IKeybinding
 	}
 
 	private getEmptyContent(EOL: string): string {
-		return '// ' + localize('emptyKeybindingsHeader', "Place your key bindings in this file to overwrite the defaults") + EOL + '[]';
+		return '// ' + localize('emptyKeybindingsHeader', "Place your key bindings in this file to override the defaults") + EOL + '[]';
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/preferences/browser/preferencesService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/preferences/browser/preferencesService.ts
index 6c1e504c428911c77e50d922df7867b11d7bb4ab..11068ba79f60edcb9c803c91b260f2d1485f5089 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/preferences/browser/preferencesService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/preferences/browser/preferencesService.ts
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ export class PreferencesService extends Disposable implements IPreferencesServic
 		*/
 		this.telemetryService.publicLog('openKeybindings', { textual });
 		if (textual) {
-			const emptyContents = '// ' + nls.localize('emptyKeybindingsHeader', "Place your key bindings in this file to overwrite the defaults") + '\n[\n]';
+			const emptyContents = '// ' + nls.localize('emptyKeybindingsHeader', "Place your key bindings in this file to override the defaults") + '\n[\n]';
 			const editableKeybindings = URI.file(this.environmentService.appKeybindingsPath);
 			const openDefaultKeybindings = !!this.configurationService.getValue('workbench.settings.openDefaultKeybindings');
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/preferences/common/preferencesModels.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/preferences/common/preferencesModels.ts
index e7a906532b8a2c4109e4f93bd7c4cc15d6c5b986..0ba508964ae6b48b2dae99a5e77a4cfa65e060c7 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/preferences/common/preferencesModels.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/preferences/common/preferencesModels.ts
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ function escapeInvisibleChars(enumValue: string): string {
 }
 
 export function defaultKeybindingsContents(keybindingService: IKeybindingService): string {
-	const defaultsHeader = '// ' + nls.localize('defaultKeybindingsHeader', "Overwrite key bindings by placing them into your key bindings file.");
+	const defaultsHeader = '// ' + nls.localize('defaultKeybindingsHeader', "Override key bindings by placing them into your key bindings file.");
 	return defaultsHeader + '\n' + keybindingService.getDefaultKeybindingsContent();
 }