diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostConfiguration.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostConfiguration.ts
index b1f27b35e097c84a94ae7620812270716d81ac48..a40831278fce9ba6e311b1b0ff1f99f40c2bd8f4 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostConfiguration.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostConfiguration.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ export class ExtHostConfiguration implements ExtHostConfigurationShape {
 			},
 			update: (key: string, value: any, arg: ExtHostConfigurationTarget | boolean) => {
 				key = section ? `${section}.${key}` : key;
-				this._validateConfigurationAccess(key, resource, extensionId);
 				const target = parseConfigurationTarget(arg);
 				if (value !== void 0) {
 					return this._proxy.$updateConfigurationOption(target, key, value, resource);
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/preferencesRenderers.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/preferencesRenderers.ts
index acb60e3acce06643ceec98f45f1c42b57237306f..b10f56273b42a4026cbcf138a30cd79201e1f890 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/preferencesRenderers.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/preferences/browser/preferencesRenderers.ts
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ class UnsupportedWorkbenchSettingsRenderer extends Disposable {
 		stickiness: editorCommon.TrackedRangeStickiness.NeverGrowsWhenTypingAtEdges,
 		inlineClassName: 'dim-configuration',
 		beforeContentClassName: 'unsupportedWorkbenhSettingInfo',
-		hoverMessage: new MarkdownString().appendText(nls.localize('unsupportedWorkbenchSettingDevMode', "This setting cannot be applied now. It will be applied if you change its scope to 'resource' scope or when you open this folder directly."))
+		hoverMessage: new MarkdownString().appendText(nls.localize('unsupportedWorkbenchSettingDevMode', "This setting cannot be applied now. It will be applied if you define it's scope as 'resource' while registering, or when you open this folder directly."))
 	});
 
 	private createDecoration(range: IRange, model: editorCommon.IModel): editorCommon.IModelDeltaDecoration {