diff --git a/src/vs/vscode.proposed.d.ts b/src/vs/vscode.proposed.d.ts
index 3962df3cdeae704f8afcb55aeec1e1e60d715155..fe2a8e2e565a3f97ab9ea24cd536bd0121078223 100644
--- a/src/vs/vscode.proposed.d.ts
+++ b/src/vs/vscode.proposed.d.ts
@@ -1127,14 +1127,14 @@ declare module 'vscode' {
 
 	export interface TerminalLink {
 		/**
-		 * The 0-based start index of the link on [TerminalLinkContext.line](#TerminalLinkContext.line].
+		 * The start index of the link on [TerminalLinkContext.line](#TerminalLinkContext.line].
 		 */
 		startIndex: number;
 
 		/**
-		 * The 0-based end index of the link on [TerminalLinkContext.line](#TerminalLinkContext.line].
+		 * The length of the link on [TerminalLinkContext.line](#TerminalLinkContext.line]
 		 */
-		endIndex: number;
+		length: number;
 
 		/**
 		 * The tooltip text when you hover over this link.
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTerminalService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTerminalService.ts
index fa0153a25a69fcc57911be6523c03c87c1b2a91a..e01ab6a1513425ecff37f6fc26cca7cb582dbcb6 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTerminalService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTerminalService.ts
@@ -626,11 +626,10 @@ export abstract class BaseExtHostTerminalService implements IExtHostTerminalServ
 		for (const provideResult of provideResults) {
 			if (provideResult && provideResult.links.length > 0) {
 				result.push(...provideResult.links.map(providerLink => {
-					const endIndex = Math.max(providerLink.endIndex, providerLink.startIndex + 1);
 					const link = {
 						id: nextLinkId++,
 						startIndex: providerLink.startIndex,
-						length: endIndex - providerLink.startIndex,
+						length: providerLink.length,
 						label: providerLink.tooltip
 					};
 					cacheLinkMap.set(link.id, {