diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts
index 481bf0457a2..ebf7e362782 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/menus.ts
@@ -1064,11 +1064,11 @@ export class VSCodeMenu {
 			// the keybinding is not native so we cannot show it as part of the accelerator of
 			// the menu item. we fallback to a different strategy so that we always display it
 			else {
-				const bindingIndex = options.label.indexOf('〔');
+				const bindingIndex = options.label.indexOf('(');
 				if (bindingIndex >= 0) {
-					options.label = `${options.label.substr(0, bindingIndex)} 〔${binding.label}〕`;
+					options.label = `${options.label.substr(0, bindingIndex)} (${binding.label})`;
 				} else {
-					options.label = `${options.label} 〔${binding.label}〕`;
+					options.label = `${options.label} (${binding.label})`;
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/contextview/electron-browser/contextmenuService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/contextview/electron-browser/contextmenuService.ts
index 14f5f9c37fa..88b205a9d3c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/contextview/electron-browser/contextmenuService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/contextview/electron-browser/contextmenuService.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export class ContextMenuService implements IContextMenuService {
 					} else {
 						const label = this.keybindingService.getLabelFor(keybinding);
 						if (label) {
-							options.label = `${options.label} 〔${label}〕`;
+							options.label = `${options.label} (${label})`;
 						}
 					}
 				}