diff --git a/extensions/configuration-editing/src/settingsDocumentHelper.ts b/extensions/configuration-editing/src/settingsDocumentHelper.ts
index 86db16eb4f9da..c0067652e9aa7 100644
--- a/extensions/configuration-editing/src/settingsDocumentHelper.ts
+++ b/extensions/configuration-editing/src/settingsDocumentHelper.ts
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ export class SettingsDocument {
 	private provideWindowTitleCompletionItems(location: Location, range: vscode.Range): vscode.ProviderResult<vscode.CompletionItem[]> {
 		const completions: vscode.CompletionItem[] = [];
 
-		completions.push(this.newSimpleCompletionItem('${activeEditorShort}', range, localize('activeEditorShort', "e.g. the file name (myFile.txt)")));
-		completions.push(this.newSimpleCompletionItem('${activeEditorMedium}', range, localize('activeEditorMedium', "e.g. the path of the file relative to the workspace folder (myFolder/myFile.txt)")));
-		completions.push(this.newSimpleCompletionItem('${activeEditorLong}', range, localize('activeEditorLong', "e.g. the full path of the file (/Users/Development/myProject/myFolder/myFile.txt)")));
+		completions.push(this.newSimpleCompletionItem('${activeEditorShort}', range, localize('activeEditorShort', "the file name (e.g. myFile.txt)")));
+		completions.push(this.newSimpleCompletionItem('${activeEditorMedium}', range, localize('activeEditorMedium', "the path of the file relative to the workspace folder (e.g. myFolder/myFile.txt)")));
+		completions.push(this.newSimpleCompletionItem('${activeEditorLong}', range, localize('activeEditorLong', "the full path of the file (e.g. /Users/Development/myProject/myFolder/myFile.txt)")));
 		completions.push(this.newSimpleCompletionItem('${rootName}', range, localize('rootName', "name of the workspace (e.g. myFolder or myWorkspace)")));
 		completions.push(this.newSimpleCompletionItem('${rootPath}', range, localize('rootPath', "file path of the workspace (e.g. /Users/Development/myWorkspace)")));
 		completions.push(this.newSimpleCompletionItem('${folderName}', range, localize('folderName', "name of the workspace folder the file is contained in (e.g. myFolder)")));
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/main.contribution.ts b/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/main.contribution.ts
index dc46943758099..704135c3b57f6 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/main.contribution.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/main.contribution.ts
@@ -322,9 +322,9 @@ Note that there can still be cases where this setting is ignored (e.g. when usin
 		'default': isMacintosh ? '${activeEditorShort}${separator}${rootName}' : '${dirty}${activeEditorShort}${separator}${rootName}${separator}${appName}',
 		'description': nls.localize({ comment: ['This is the description for a setting. Values surrounded by parenthesis are not to be translated.'], key: 'title' },
 			`Controls the window title based on the active editor. Variables are substituted based on the context:
-\${activeEditorShort}: e.g. the file name (myFile.txt)
-\${activeEditorMedium}: e.g. the path of the file relative to the workspace folder (myFolder/myFile.txt)
-\${activeEditorLong}: e.g. the full path of the file (/Users/Development/myProject/myFolder/myFile.txt)
+\${activeEditorShort}: the file name (e.g. myFile.txt)
+\${activeEditorMedium}: the path of the file relative to the workspace folder (e.g. myFolder/myFile.txt)
+\${activeEditorLong}: the full path of the file (e.g. /Users/Development/myProject/myFolder/myFile.txt)
 \${folderName}: name of the workspace folder the file is contained in (e.g. myFolder)
 \${folderPath}: file path of the workspace folder the file is contained in (e.g. /Users/Development/myFolder)
 \${rootName}: name of the workspace (e.g. myFolder or myWorkspace)