diff --git a/extensions/json/server/src/jsoncontributions/fileAssociationContribution.ts b/extensions/json/server/src/jsoncontributions/fileAssociationContribution.ts
index 2fe85c551e5cfd829b9666a42d0d1c28810fae9c..0b9b2b57537e32c852dfb69ee491b6b8c2575497 100644
--- a/extensions/json/server/src/jsoncontributions/fileAssociationContribution.ts
+++ b/extensions/json/server/src/jsoncontributions/fileAssociationContribution.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ export class FileAssociationContribution implements JSONWorkerContribution {
 
 	public collectPropertyCompletions(resource: string, location: JSONPath, currentWord: string, addValue: boolean, isLast: boolean, result: CompletionsCollector): Thenable<any> {
 		if (this.isSettingsFile(resource) && location.length === 1 && location[0] === 'files.associations') {
-			globProperties.forEach((e) => result.add(e));
+			globProperties.forEach(e => {
+				e.filterText = e.insertText;
+				result.add(e);
+			});
 		}
 
 		return null;
@@ -48,7 +51,8 @@ export class FileAssociationContribution implements JSONWorkerContribution {
 				result.add({
 					kind: CompletionItemKind.Value,
 					label: l,
-					insertText: '"{{' + l + '}}"',
+					insertText: JSON.stringify('{{' + l + '}}'),
+					filterText: JSON.stringify(l)
 				});
 			});
 		}
diff --git a/extensions/json/server/src/jsoncontributions/globPatternContribution.ts b/extensions/json/server/src/jsoncontributions/globPatternContribution.ts
index 65a958bb9193ea3276dd36117573d9540b13527a..d2a3b873eec12f8b8055746d15363bbc9c6a2f58 100644
--- a/extensions/json/server/src/jsoncontributions/globPatternContribution.ts
+++ b/extensions/json/server/src/jsoncontributions/globPatternContribution.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ let globProperties: CompletionItem[] = [
 ];
 
 let globValues: CompletionItem[] = [
-	{ kind: CompletionItemKind.Value, label: localize('trueLabel', "True"), insertText: 'true', documentation: localize('trueDescription', "Enable the pattern.") },
-	{ kind: CompletionItemKind.Value, label: localize('falseLabel', "False"), insertText: 'false', documentation: localize('falseDescription', "Disable the pattern.") },
+	{ kind: CompletionItemKind.Value, label: localize('trueLabel', "true"), insertText: 'true', documentation: localize('trueDescription', "Enable the pattern.") },
+	{ kind: CompletionItemKind.Value, label: localize('falseLabel', "false"), insertText: 'false', documentation: localize('falseDescription', "Disable the pattern.") },
 	{ kind: CompletionItemKind.Value, label: localize('derivedLabel', "Files with Siblings by Name"), insertText: '{ "when": "$(basename).{{extension}}" }', documentation: localize('siblingsDescription', "Match files that have siblings with the same name but a different extension.") }
 ];
 
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ export class GlobPatternContribution implements JSONWorkerContribution {
 
 	public collectPropertyCompletions(resource: string, location: JSONPath, currentWord: string, addValue: boolean, isLast: boolean, result: CompletionsCollector): Thenable<any> {
 		if (this.isSettingsFile(resource) && location.length === 1 && ((location[0] === 'files.exclude') || (location[0] === 'search.exclude'))) {
-			globProperties.forEach((e) => result.add(e));
+			globProperties.forEach(e => {
+				e.filterText = e.insertText;
+				result.add(e);
+			});
 		}
 
 		return null;
@@ -49,7 +52,10 @@ export class GlobPatternContribution implements JSONWorkerContribution {
 
 	public collectValueCompletions(resource: string, location: JSONPath, currentKey: string, result: CompletionsCollector): Thenable<any> {
 		if (this.isSettingsFile(resource) && location.length === 1 && ((location[0] === 'files.exclude') || (location[0] === 'search.exclude'))) {
-			globValues.forEach((e) => result.add(e));
+			globValues.forEach(e => {
+				e.filterText = e.insertText;
+				result.add(e);
+			});
 		}
 
 		return null;