diff --git a/src/vs/platform/userDataSync/common/userDataSync.ts b/src/vs/platform/userDataSync/common/userDataSync.ts
index 69585e9d79ff2dd113b624e46649727eefc8543e..aed5a8bc650e391ebc4df9ea23f2aa8f49323d8c 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/userDataSync/common/userDataSync.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/userDataSync/common/userDataSync.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ export function registerConfiguration(): IDisposable {
 				description: localize('sync.keybindingsPerPlatform', "Synchronize keybindings per platform."),
 				default: true,
 				scope: ConfigurationScope.APPLICATION,
+				tags: ['sync']
 			},
 			'sync.ignoredExtensions': {
 				'type': 'array',
@@ -95,7 +96,8 @@ export function registerConfiguration(): IDisposable {
 				'default': [],
 				'scope': ConfigurationScope.APPLICATION,
 				uniqueItems: true,
-				disallowSyncIgnore: true
+				disallowSyncIgnore: true,
+				tags: ['sync']
 			},
 			'sync.ignoredSettings': {
 				'type': 'array',
@@ -105,7 +107,8 @@ export function registerConfiguration(): IDisposable {
 				$ref: ignoredSettingsSchemaId,
 				additionalProperties: true,
 				uniqueItems: true,
-				disallowSyncIgnore: true
+				disallowSyncIgnore: true,
+				tags: ['sync']
 			}
 		}
 	});
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts
index 392db681d09000d15e442a42c2d33bb010743a2a..30eb7a139538d3714ddb2e4e07583359d63fc527 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsEditor2.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class SettingsEditor2 extends BaseEditor {
 	private static CONFIG_SCHEMA_UPDATE_DELAYER = 500;
 
 	private static readonly SUGGESTIONS: string[] = [
-		`@${MODIFIED_SETTING_TAG}`, '@tag:usesOnlineServices', `@${EXTENSION_SETTING_TAG}`
+		`@${MODIFIED_SETTING_TAG}`, '@tag:usesOnlineServices', '@tag:sync', `@${EXTENSION_SETTING_TAG}`
 	];
 
 	private static shouldSettingUpdateFast(type: SettingValueType | SettingValueType[]): boolean {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/userDataSync/browser/userDataSync.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/userDataSync/browser/userDataSync.ts
index 1ec84ca0d66eb3cf4e9799628053d535b568ca2c..f35a821a002b067feaa6772062a7604f411cea88 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/userDataSync/browser/userDataSync.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/userDataSync/browser/userDataSync.ts
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ export class UserDataSyncWorkbenchContribution extends Disposable implements IWo
 				});
 			}
 			run(accessor: ServicesAccessor): any {
-				accessor.get(IPreferencesService).openGlobalSettings(false, { query: 'sync:' });
+				accessor.get(IPreferencesService).openGlobalSettings(false, { query: '@tag:sync' });
 			}
 		});
 	}