diff --git a/src/vs/platform/search/common/search.ts b/src/vs/platform/search/common/search.ts
index f4005e8a4cad21872c178daacd83598bcd9076ae..7fe7e716f6170dc1010826c3e4b09bece0d04e56 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/search/common/search.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/search/common/search.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ export class LineMatch implements ILineMatch {
 export interface ISearchConfiguration extends IFilesConfiguration {
 	search: {
 		exclude: glob.IExpression;
-		fuzzyFilePicker: boolean;
-	};
+	},
+	filePicker: {
+		alternateFileNameMatching: boolean;
+	}
 }
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diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/openAnythingHandler.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/openAnythingHandler.ts
index 878a0db9a7c77bbb3c4fa724691bd76a6759ece9..81cc2efa153ec0ee89798f0421994cfa5efb67da 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/openAnythingHandler.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/openAnythingHandler.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export class OpenAnythingHandler extends QuickOpenHandler {
 	}
 
 	private updateFuzzyMatching(configuration: ISearchConfiguration): void {
-		this.fuzzyMatchingEnabled = configuration.search && configuration.search.fuzzyFilePicker;
+		this.fuzzyMatchingEnabled = configuration.filePicker && configuration.filePicker.alternateFileNameMatching;
 		this.openFileHandler.setFuzzyMatchingEnabled(this.fuzzyMatchingEnabled);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/search.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/search.contribution.ts
index a30775cfa6118923a51d30e2b734860d7185fe6f..89f4e6eda46d5f49e4200e79e72cd877677ba829 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/search.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/search/browser/search.contribution.ts
@@ -198,10 +198,10 @@ configurationRegistry.registerConfiguration({
 				]
 			}
 		},
-		'search.fuzzyFilePicker': {
+		'filePicker.alternateFileNameMatching': {
 			'type': 'boolean',
 			'default': false,
-			'description': nls.localize('enableFuzzy', "Enable or disable fuzzy matching and sorting in the file picker.")
+			'description': nls.localize('enableFuzzy', "Experimental support for fuzzy matching of file names in the file picker.")
 		}
 	}
 });
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