diff --git a/src/config-schema.js b/src/config-schema.js
index 6a16b85a7..63b92d844 100644
--- a/src/config-schema.js
+++ b/src/config-schema.js
@@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ const configSchema = {
         ]
       },
       openEmptyEditorOnStart: {
-        description: 'Automatically open an empty editor on startup.',
+        description: 'When checked opens an untitled editor when loading a blank environment (such as with _File > New Window_ or when "Restore Previous Windows On Start" is unchecked); otherwise no editor is opened when loading a blank environment. This setting has no effect when restoring a previous state.',
+        type: 'boolean',
+        default: true
+      },
+      restorePreviousWindowsOnStart: {
+        description: 'When checked restores the last state of all Atom windows when started from the icon or `atom` by itself from the command line; otherwise a blank environment is loaded.',
         type: 'boolean',
         default: true
       },