diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts
index cf543159fa515..921165fc844a1 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/config/editorOptions.ts
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ export interface EditorContribOptions {
 	readonly acceptSuggestionOnCommitCharacter: boolean;
 	readonly snippetSuggestions: 'top' | 'bottom' | 'inline' | 'none';
 	readonly wordBasedSuggestions: boolean;
-	readonly suggestSelection: 'first' | 'byRecency' | 'byPrefix';
+	readonly suggestSelection: 'first' | 'recentlyUsed' | 'recentlyUsedByPrefix';
 	readonly suggestFontSize: number;
 	readonly suggestLineHeight: number;
 	readonly selectionHighlight: boolean;
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@ export class EditorOptionsValidator {
 			acceptSuggestionOnCommitCharacter: _boolean(opts.acceptSuggestionOnCommitCharacter, defaults.acceptSuggestionOnCommitCharacter),
 			snippetSuggestions: _stringSet<'top' | 'bottom' | 'inline' | 'none'>(opts.snippetSuggestions, defaults.snippetSuggestions, ['top', 'bottom', 'inline', 'none']),
 			wordBasedSuggestions: _boolean(opts.wordBasedSuggestions, defaults.wordBasedSuggestions),
-			suggestSelection: _stringSet<'first' | 'byRecency' | 'byPrefix'>(opts.suggestSelection, defaults.suggestSelection, ['first', 'byRecency', 'byPrefix']),
+			suggestSelection: _stringSet<'first' | 'recentlyUsed' | 'recentlyUsedByPrefix'>(opts.suggestSelection, defaults.suggestSelection, ['first', 'recentlyUsed', 'recentlyUsedByPrefix']),
 			suggestFontSize: _clampedInt(opts.suggestFontSize, defaults.suggestFontSize, 0, 1000),
 			suggestLineHeight: _clampedInt(opts.suggestLineHeight, defaults.suggestLineHeight, 0, 1000),
 			selectionHighlight: _boolean(opts.selectionHighlight, defaults.selectionHighlight),
@@ -2268,7 +2268,7 @@ export const EDITOR_DEFAULTS: IValidatedEditorOptions = {
 		acceptSuggestionOnCommitCharacter: true,
 		snippetSuggestions: 'inline',
 		wordBasedSuggestions: true,
-		suggestSelection: 'byRecency',
+		suggestSelection: 'recentlyUsed',
 		suggestFontSize: 0,
 		suggestLineHeight: 0,
 		selectionHighlight: true,
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/suggestMemory.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/suggestMemory.ts
index 3fdcc99d6befa..58df1fd71798f 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/suggestMemory.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/suggestMemory.ts
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export class PrefixMemory extends Memory {
 	}
 }
 
-export type MemMode = 'first' | 'byRecency' | 'byPrefix';
+export type MemMode = 'first' | 'recentlyUsed' | 'recentlyUsedByPrefix';
 
 export class SuggestMemories {
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export class SuggestMemories {
 			return;
 		}
 		this._mode = mode;
-		this._strategy = mode === 'byPrefix' ? new PrefixMemory() : mode === 'byRecency' ? new LRUMemory() : new NoMemory();
+		this._strategy = mode === 'recentlyUsedByPrefix' ? new PrefixMemory() : mode === 'recentlyUsed' ? new LRUMemory() : new NoMemory();
 
 		try {
 			const raw = this._storageService.get(`${this._storagePrefix}/${this._mode}`, StorageScope.WORKSPACE);
diff --git a/src/vs/monaco.d.ts b/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
index ee095d5b1fed4..0a1cc793efdd7 100644
--- a/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
+++ b/src/vs/monaco.d.ts
@@ -3052,7 +3052,7 @@ declare module monaco.editor {
 		readonly acceptSuggestionOnCommitCharacter: boolean;
 		readonly snippetSuggestions: 'top' | 'bottom' | 'inline' | 'none';
 		readonly wordBasedSuggestions: boolean;
-		readonly suggestSelection: 'first' | 'byRecency' | 'byPrefix';
+		readonly suggestSelection: 'first' | 'recentlyUsed' | 'recentlyUsedByPrefix';
 		readonly suggestFontSize: number;
 		readonly suggestLineHeight: number;
 		readonly selectionHighlight: boolean;