diff --git a/extensions/npm/package.json b/extensions/npm/package.json
index 917d9afa2cf..5810b4ee483 100644
--- a/extensions/npm/package.json
+++ b/extensions/npm/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             "yarn"
           ],
           "default": "npm",
-          "description": "The package manager used to run scripts"
+          "description": "%config.npm.packageManager%"
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/extensions/npm/package.nls.json b/extensions/npm/package.nls.json
index 3b0b39700c8..3f537686a6c 100644
--- a/extensions/npm/package.nls.json
+++ b/extensions/npm/package.nls.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"config.npm.autoDetect": "Controls whether auto detection of npm scripts is on or off. Default is on.",
-	"config.npm.runSilent": "Run npm commands with the `--silent` option",
+	"config.npm.runSilent": "Run npm commands with the `--silent` option.",
+	"config.npm.packageManager": "The package manager used to run scripts.",
 	"npm.parseError": "Npm task detection: failed to parse the file {0}"
 }