diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/viewsContainersExtensionPoint.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/viewsContainersExtensionPoint.ts
index 6b91f2d6634..5207de4f4d8 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/viewsContainersExtensionPoint.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/browser/viewsContainersExtensionPoint.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const viewsContainerSchema: IJSONSchema = {
 			type: 'string'
 		},
 		icon: {
-			description: localize('vscode.extension.contributes.views.containers.icon', "Path to the container icon. Icons are 24x24 centered on a 50x40 square and have a fill color of 'rgb(215, 218, 224)' or '#d7dae0'. It is recommended that icons be in SVG, though any image file type is accepted."),
+			description: localize('vscode.extension.contributes.views.containers.icon', "Path to the container icon. Icons are 24x24 centered on a 50x40 block and have a fill color of 'rgb(215, 218, 224)' or '#d7dae0'. It is recommended that icons be in SVG, though any image file type is accepted."),
 			type: 'string'
 		}
 	}