diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/extensions/common/extensionsFileTemplate.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/extensions/common/extensionsFileTemplate.ts
index 1147e42ff1bf..7f719e46e5f7 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/extensions/common/extensionsFileTemplate.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/extensions/common/extensionsFileTemplate.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const ExtensionsConfigurationSchema: IJSONSchema = {
 		},
 		unwantedRecommendations: {
 			type: 'array',
-			description: localize('app.extensions.json.unwantedRecommendations', "List of extensions that will be skipped from the recommendations that VS Code makes for the users of this workspace. These are extensions that you may consider to be irrelevant, redundant, or otherwise unwanted. The identifier of an extension is always '${publisher}.${name}'. For example: 'vscode.csharp'."),
+			description: localize('app.extensions.json.unwantedRecommendations', "List of extensions recommended by VS Code that should not be recommended for users of this workspace. The identifier of an extension is always '${publisher}.${name}'. For example: 'vscode.csharp'."),
 			items: {
 				type: 'string',
 				pattern: EXTENSION_IDENTIFIER_PATTERN,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const ExtensionsConfigurationInitialContent: string = [
 	'\t"recommendations": [',
 	'\t\t',
 	'\t],',
-	'\t// List of extensions that will be skipped from the recommendations that VS Code makes for the users of this workspace. These are extensions that you may consider to be irrelevant, redundant, or otherwise unwanted.',
+	'\t// List of extensions recommended by VS Code that should not be recommended for users of this workspace.',
 	'\t"unwantedRecommendations": [',
 	'\t\t',
 	'\t]',