diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/browser/suggestWidget.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/browser/suggestWidget.ts
index 868c8b5d0e6eab6e1307854a5cd2f685b55b2213..81c35ff625c95f2fb9615b42c1048eac27f65111 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/browser/suggestWidget.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/browser/suggestWidget.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import 'vs/css!./suggest';
 import * as nls from 'vs/nls';
+import * as strings from 'vs/base/common/strings';
 import {isPromiseCanceledError, onUnexpectedError} from 'vs/base/common/errors';
 import Event, { Emitter } from 'vs/base/common/event';
 import {IDisposable, disposeAll} from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
@@ -76,7 +77,12 @@ class Renderer implements IRenderer<CompletionItem, ISuggestionTemplateData> {
 		const data = <ISuggestionTemplateData>templateData;
 		const suggestion = (<CompletionItem>element).suggestion;
 
-		data.root.setAttribute('aria-label', nls.localize('suggestionAriaLabel', "{0}, suggestion", suggestion.label));
+		if (suggestion.documentationLabel) {
+			data.root.setAttribute('aria-label', nls.localize('suggestionWithDetailsAriaLabel', "{0}, suggestion, has details", suggestion.label));
+		} else {
+			data.root.setAttribute('aria-label', nls.localize('suggestionAriaLabel', "{0}, suggestion", suggestion.label));
+		}
+
 		if (suggestion.type && suggestion.type.charAt(0) === '#') {
 			data.icon.className = 'icon customcolor';
 			data.colorspan.style.backgroundColor = suggestion.type.substring(1);
@@ -178,6 +184,7 @@ class SuggestionDetails {
 	private body: HTMLElement;
 	private type: HTMLElement;
 	private docs: HTMLElement;
+	private ariaLabel:string;
 
 	constructor(container: HTMLElement, private widget: SuggestWidget) {
 		this.el = append(container, $('.details'));
@@ -190,6 +197,8 @@ class SuggestionDetails {
 		append(this.el, this.scrollable.getDomNode());
 		this.type = append(this.body, $('p.type'));
 		this.docs = append(this.body, $('p.docs'));
+
+		this.ariaLabel = null;
 	}
 
 	get element() {
@@ -201,6 +210,7 @@ class SuggestionDetails {
 			this.title.textContent = '';
 			this.type.textContent = '';
 			this.docs.textContent = '';
+			this.ariaLabel = null;
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -219,6 +229,12 @@ class SuggestionDetails {
 
 		this.scrollable.onElementDimensions();
 		this.scrollable.onElementInternalDimensions();
+
+		this.ariaLabel = strings.format('{0}\n{1}\n{2}', item.suggestion.label, item.suggestion.typeLabel, item.suggestion.documentationLabel);
+	}
+
+	getAriaLabel(): string {
+		return this.ariaLabel;
 	}
 
 	scrollDown(much = 8): void {
@@ -384,7 +400,25 @@ export class SuggestWidget implements IContentWidget, IDisposable {
 		}, 0);
 	}
 
-	private _lastSuggestionLabel: string;
+	private _getSuggestionAriaAlertLabel(item:CompletionItem): string {
+		if (item.suggestion.documentationLabel) {
+			return nls.localize('ariaCurrentSuggestionWithDetails',"{0}, suggestion, has details", item.suggestion.label);
+		} else {
+			return nls.localize('ariaCurrentSuggestion',"{0}, suggestion", item.suggestion.label);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private _lastAriaAlertLabel: string;
+	private _ariaAlert(newAriaAlertLabel:string): void {
+		if (this._lastAriaAlertLabel === newAriaAlertLabel) {
+			return;
+		}
+		this._lastAriaAlertLabel = newAriaAlertLabel;
+		if (this._lastAriaAlertLabel) {
+			alert(this._lastAriaAlertLabel);
+		}
+	}
+
 	private onListFocus(e: IFocusChangeEvent<CompletionItem>): void {
 		if (this.currentSuggestionDetails) {
 			this.currentSuggestionDetails.cancel();
@@ -392,7 +426,7 @@ export class SuggestWidget implements IContentWidget, IDisposable {
 		}
 
 		if (!e.elements.length) {
-			this._lastSuggestionLabel = null;
+			this._ariaAlert(null);
 
 			// TODO@Alex: Chromium bug
 			// this.editor.setAriaActiveDescendant(null);
@@ -401,10 +435,7 @@ export class SuggestWidget implements IContentWidget, IDisposable {
 		}
 
 		const item = e.elements[0];
-		if (item.suggestion.label !== this._lastSuggestionLabel) {
-			this._lastSuggestionLabel = item.suggestion.label;
-			alert(nls.localize('ariaCurrentSuggestion',"{0}, suggestion", this._lastSuggestionLabel));
-		}
+		this._ariaAlert(this._getSuggestionAriaAlertLabel(item));
 
 		// TODO@Alex: Chromium bug
 		// // TODO@Alex: the list is not done rendering...
@@ -433,6 +464,8 @@ export class SuggestWidget implements IContentWidget, IDisposable {
 				this.list.setFocus(index);
 				this.updateWidgetHeight();
 				this.list.reveal(index);
+
+				this._ariaAlert(this._getSuggestionAriaAlertLabel(item));
 			})
 			.then(null, err => !isPromiseCanceledError(err) && onUnexpectedError(err))
 			.then(() => this.currentSuggestionDetails = null);
@@ -485,6 +518,7 @@ export class SuggestWidget implements IContentWidget, IDisposable {
 				hide(this.messageElement, this.listElement);
 				show(this.details.element);
 				this.show();
+				this._ariaAlert(this.details.getAriaLabel());
 				break;
 		}