diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsLayout.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsLayout.ts
index 3a0f28506c68e39555fb805505af5b7a7fd3bc2a..b6437fbb2e1f3853113f87582a17b3f497545e14 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsLayout.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsLayout.ts
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ export const tocData: ITOCEntry = {
 	]
 };
 
-export const knownAcronyms = new Set();
+export const knownAcronyms = new Set<string>();
 [
 	'css',
 	'html',
@@ -209,3 +209,7 @@ export const knownAcronyms = new Set();
 	'id',
 	'php',
 ].forEach(str => knownAcronyms.add(str));
+
+export const knownTermMappings = new Map<string, string>();
+knownTermMappings.set('power shell', 'PowerShell');
+knownTermMappings.set('powershell', 'PowerShell');
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsTreeModels.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsTreeModels.ts
index 8e51995e8aa1fbe01be0536fae0aa844ceee18b0..8a297af7ba0a3f4bc377063819758aa4e9ee6bc0 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsTreeModels.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsTreeModels.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { localize } from 'vs/nls';
 import { ConfigurationTarget, IConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configuration';
 import { ConfigurationScope } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configurationRegistry';
 import { SettingsTarget } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/preferencesWidgets';
-import { ITOCEntry, knownAcronyms } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsLayout';
+import { ITOCEntry, knownAcronyms, knownTermMappings } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/browser/settingsLayout';
 import { MODIFIED_SETTING_TAG } from 'vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/common/preferences';
 import { IExtensionSetting, ISearchResult, ISetting, SettingValueType } from 'vs/workbench/services/preferences/common/preferences';
 
@@ -404,8 +404,8 @@ export function settingKeyToDisplayFormat(key: string, groupId = ''): { category
 }
 
 function wordifyKey(key: string): string {
-	return key
-		.replace(/\.([a-z0-9])/g, (match, p1) => ` › ${p1.toUpperCase()}`) // Replace dot with spaced '>'
+	key = key
+		.replace(/\.([a-z0-9])/g, (_, p1) => ` › ${p1.toUpperCase()}`) // Replace dot with spaced '>'
 		.replace(/([a-z0-9])([A-Z])/g, '$1 $2') // Camel case to spacing, fooBar => foo Bar
 		.replace(/^[a-z]/g, match => match.toUpperCase()) // Upper casing all first letters, foo => Foo
 		.replace(/\b\w+\b/g, match => { // Upper casing known acronyms
@@ -413,6 +413,12 @@ function wordifyKey(key: string): string {
 				match.toUpperCase() :
 				match;
 		});
+
+	for (let [k, v] of knownTermMappings) {
+		key = key.replace(new RegExp(`\\b${k}\\b`, 'gi'), v);
+	}
+
+	return key;
 }
 
 function trimCategoryForGroup(category: string, groupId: string): string {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/test/browser/settingsTreeModels.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/test/browser/settingsTreeModels.test.ts
index 35b3621517110f62dcf57b2a2476d91d39ad4c81..8113f3d377b2c00cf86af6a98882c43488d8988f 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/test/browser/settingsTreeModels.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/preferences/test/browser/settingsTreeModels.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,20 @@ suite('SettingsTree', () => {
 				category: '',
 				label: 'Foo'
 			});
+
+		assert.deepEqual(
+			settingKeyToDisplayFormat('foo.1leading.number'),
+			{
+				category: 'Foo › 1leading',
+				label: 'Number'
+			});
+
+		assert.deepEqual(
+			settingKeyToDisplayFormat('foo.1Leading.number'),
+			{
+				category: 'Foo › 1 Leading',
+				label: 'Number'
+			});
 	});
 
 	test('settingKeyToDisplayFormat - with category', () => {
@@ -101,19 +115,21 @@ suite('SettingsTree', () => {
 				category: 'Something Else',
 				label: 'Etc'
 			});
+	});
 
+	test('settingKeyToDisplayFormat - known acronym/term', () => {
 		assert.deepEqual(
-			settingKeyToDisplayFormat('foo.1leading.number'),
+			settingKeyToDisplayFormat('css.someCssSetting'),
 			{
-				category: 'Foo › 1leading',
-				label: 'Number'
+				category: 'CSS',
+				label: 'Some CSS Setting'
 			});
 
 		assert.deepEqual(
-			settingKeyToDisplayFormat('foo.1Leading.number'),
+			settingKeyToDisplayFormat('powershell.somePowerShellSetting'),
 			{
-				category: 'Foo › 1 Leading',
-				label: 'Number'
+				category: 'PowerShell',
+				label: 'Some PowerShell Setting'
 			});
 	});