diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts
index 97386e275044dbd6d88bc00a8d235582df3e34f8..85b823f0bc43f5229284776510289d980bef9c28 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ export interface IEditorOptions {
 	lineNumbers?: 'on' | 'off' | 'relative' | 'interval' | ((lineNumber: number) => string);
 	/**
 	 * Render last line number when the file ends with a newline.
-	 * Defaults to true on Windows/Mac and to false on Linux.
+	 * Defaults to true.
 	*/
 	renderFinalNewline?: boolean;
 	/**
diff --git a/src/vs/monaco.d.ts b/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
index b7e1e98f5bc82362e8f9c3c99e0a9c59738bb1ee..e8b373c49f16c001072d8be719c79cc63a5aea01 100644
--- a/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
+++ b/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
@@ -2608,6 +2608,7 @@ declare namespace monaco.editor {
 		lineNumbers?: 'on' | 'off' | 'relative' | 'interval' | ((lineNumber: number) => string);
 		/**
 		 * Render last line number when the file ends with a newline.
+		 * Defaults to true.
 		*/
 		renderFinalNewline?: boolean;
 		/**