diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts b/packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts
index d5abc8f57b..e4a52a38ac 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ const SETTINGS_SCHEMA = {
             requiresRestart: false,
             default: undefined as string | undefined,
             description:
-              'Automatically delete chats older than this time period (e.g., "30d", "7d", "24h", "1w")',
+              'Automatically delete chats older than this time period (for example, "30d", "7d", "24h", "1w")',
             showInDialog: true,
           },
           maxCount: {
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ const SETTINGS_SCHEMA = {
             requiresRestart: true,
             default: [] as string[],
             description:
-              'Additional ignore file paths to respect. These files take precedence over .geminiignore and .gitignore. Files earlier in the array take precedence over files later in the array, e.g. the first file takes precedence over the second one.',
+              'Additional ignore file paths to respect. These files take precedence over .geminiignore and .gitignore. Files earlier in the array take precedence over files later in the array, for example, the first file takes precedence over the second one.',
             showInDialog: true,
             items: { type: 'string' },
             mergeStrategy: MergeStrategy.UNION,