diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.nls.json b/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.nls.json
index 29434c7b25b..7e31edca479 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.nls.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/package.nls.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 	"typescript.suggestionActions.enabled": "Enable/disable suggestion diagnostics for TypeScript files in the editor. Requires using TypeScript 2.8 or newer in the workspace.",
 	"typescript.preferences.quoteStyle": "Preferred quote style to use for quick fixes: `single` quotes, `double` quotes, or `auto` infer quote type from existing imports. Requires using TypeScript 2.9 or newer in the workspace.",
 	"typescript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier": "Preferred path style for auto imports.",
-	"typescript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier.auto": "Infer the shortest path type.",
+	"typescript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier.auto": "Automatically select import path style. Prefers using a relative import if `baseUrl` is configured and the relative path has fewer segments than the non-relative import.",
 	"typescript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier.relative": "Relative to the file location.",
 	"typescript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier.nonRelative": "Based on the `baseUrl` configured in your `jsconfig.json` / `tsconfig.json`.",
 	"typescript.updateImportsOnFileMove.enabled": "Enable/disable automatic updating of import paths when you rename or move a file in VS Code. Requires using TypeScript 2.9 or newer in the workspace.",