diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminal.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminal.contribution.ts
index 661e638a8e6c14ceefdd971f383f2d0478c33d7f..fa6e554525e3944608598a73ed0042bf445f21a1 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminal.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminal.contribution.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ configurationRegistry.registerConfiguration({
 		'terminal.integrated.rendererType': {
 			type: 'string',
 			enum: ['auto', 'canvas', 'dom', 'experimentalWebgl'],
-			enumDescriptions: [
+			markdownEnumDescriptions: [
 				nls.localize('terminal.integrated.rendererType.auto', "Let VS Code guess which renderer to use."),
 				nls.localize('terminal.integrated.rendererType.canvas', "Use the standard GPU/canvas-based renderer."),
 				nls.localize('terminal.integrated.rendererType.dom', "Use the fallback DOM-based renderer."),