diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/iconLabel/iconlabel.css b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/iconLabel/iconlabel.css
index 3516227e43d18027e5bc566bd2e52014f958607c..785d2a0e44e4b3c6de55b8992d8accbf56d6e52e 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/iconLabel/iconlabel.css
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/iconLabel/iconlabel.css
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 }
 
 .monaco-icon-label > .monaco-icon-label-description-container > .label-description {
+	opacity: .7;
 	margin-left: 0.5em;
 	font-size: 0.9em;
 	white-space: pre; /* enable to show labels that include multiple whitespaces */