diff --git a/extensions/typescript/src/features/jsDocCompletionProvider.ts b/extensions/typescript/src/features/jsDocCompletionProvider.ts
index ae4a8fb36aa4171543fb0252296016090565d940..35f2ec65a96f60182e6708ee84175a75b9504a94 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/src/features/jsDocCompletionProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript/src/features/jsDocCompletionProvider.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const tryCompleteJsDocCommand = '_typeScript.tryCompleteJsDoc';
 
 class JsDocCompletionItem extends CompletionItem {
 	constructor(file: Uri, position: Position) {
-		super('/** @param */', CompletionItemKind.Snippet);
+		super('/** @param */', CompletionItemKind.Text);
 		this.documentation = localize('typescript.jsDocCompletionItem.detail', 'JSDoc comment');
 		this.insertText = '';
 		this.sortText = '\0';