diff --git a/extensions/sql-bindings/src/common/azureFunctionsUtils.ts b/extensions/sql-bindings/src/common/azureFunctionsUtils.ts
index 2c6e1bef30..cf663b3817 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-bindings/src/common/azureFunctionsUtils.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-bindings/src/common/azureFunctionsUtils.ts
@@ -291,10 +291,12 @@ export async function promptForBindingType(funcName?: string): Promise<BindingTy
 	const inputOutputItems: (vscode.QuickPickItem & { type: BindingType })[] = [
 		{
 			label: constants.input,
+			description: constants.inputDescription,
 			type: BindingType.input
 		},
 		{
 			label: constants.output,
+			description: constants.outputDescription,
 			type: BindingType.output
 		}
 	];
diff --git a/extensions/sql-bindings/src/common/constants.ts b/extensions/sql-bindings/src/common/constants.ts
index 4a95efb2a1..fe0d6b54e8 100644
--- a/extensions/sql-bindings/src/common/constants.ts
+++ b/extensions/sql-bindings/src/common/constants.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ export const yesString = localize('yesString', "Yes");
 export const noString = localize('noString', "No");
 export const input = localize('input', "Input");
 export const output = localize('output', "Output");
+export const inputDescription = localize('inputDescription', "Retrieves data from a database");
+export const outputDescription = localize('outputDescription', "Save data to a database");
 export function selectBindingType(funcName?: string): string { return funcName ? localize('selectBindingTypeToSpecifiedFunction', "Select type of binding for the function '{0}'", funcName) : localize('selectBindingType', "Select type of binding"); }
 export const selectAzureFunction = localize('selectAzureFunction', "Select an Azure function in the current file to add SQL binding to");
 export const sqlTableOrViewToQuery = localize('sqlTableOrViewToQuery', "SQL table or view to query");