diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/remoteTerminalService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/remoteTerminalService.ts
index c5ae6ecd2f5c9e5f7226bd2f7af766ab73f014da..01acdf5a2f8ab38059b0c12b139b7dd286b7a0ff 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/remoteTerminalService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/remoteTerminalService.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export class RemoteTerminalProcess extends Disposable implements ITerminalChildP
 			const result = await this._remoteTerminalChannel.createTerminalProcess(
 				shellLaunchConfigDto,
 				this._activeWorkspaceRootUri,
-				!this._shellLaunchConfig.isFeatureTerminal && this._configHelper.config.enableTerminalReconnection,
+				!this._shellLaunchConfig.isFeatureTerminal && this._configHelper.config.enablePersistentSessions,
 				this._cols,
 				this._rows,
 				isWorkspaceShellAllowed,
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalService.ts
index 41973a7d859277e8f2096f320d67c3f16d8a6b71..81a08e0041e2fc992e36f2d2c67b7bdaa7438819 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalService.ts
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ export class TerminalService implements ITerminalService {
 	}
 
 	public async initializeTerminals(): Promise<void> {
-		const enableTerminalReconnection = this.configHelper.config.enableTerminalReconnection;
+		const enableTerminalReconnection = this.configHelper.config.enablePersistentSessions;
 		const serverSpawn = this.configHelper.config.serverSpawn;
 		if (!!this._environmentService.remoteAuthority && enableTerminalReconnection && serverSpawn) {
 			let emptyTab: TerminalTab | undefined;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal.ts
index cd533aa96b9d2616b763d35aea36138b3adb8839..c157fc579cbf90e62a1b9b9a56413a1050f4bdaf 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminal.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export interface ITerminalConfiguration {
 	typeaheadThreshold: number;
 	typeaheadStyle: number | string;
 	serverSpawn: boolean;
-	enableTerminalReconnection: boolean;
+	enablePersistentSessions: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ITerminalConfigHelper {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminalConfiguration.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminalConfiguration.ts
index 4cc6289ce59010d2c3e9e756e2844f2e3fc26e27..a564585da2aea1a04e20dc9439325e6a0ed880af 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminalConfiguration.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/common/terminalConfiguration.ts
@@ -387,8 +387,8 @@ export const terminalConfiguration: IConfigurationNode = {
 			type: 'boolean',
 			default: true
 		},
-		'terminal.integrated.enableTerminalReconnection': {
-			description: localize('terminal.integrated.enableTerminalReconnection', "Experimental: reconnect to terminals when reopening the workspace. Currently only supported in VS Code Remote workspaces."),
+		'terminal.integrated.enablePersistentSessions': {
+			description: localize('terminal.integrated.enablePersistentSessions', "Experimental: persist terminal sessions for the workspace across window reloads. Currently only supported in VS Code Remote workspaces."),
 			type: 'boolean',
 			default: true
 		}