diff --git a/build_helpers/schema.json b/build_helpers/schema.json
index a7323ddfa..b40465f26 100644
--- a/build_helpers/schema.json
+++ b/build_helpers/schema.json
@@ -1247,7 +1247,11 @@
           "type": "object"
         },
         "ccxt_async_config": {
-          "description": "CCXT asynchronous configuration settings.",
+          "description": "CCXT asynchronous configuration settings.Usually ccxt_config should be used instead.",
+          "type": "object"
+        },
+        "ccxt_sync_config": {
+          "description": "CCXT synchronous configuration settings. Usually ccxt_config should be used instead.",
           "type": "object"
         }
       },
diff --git a/freqtrade/config_schema/config_schema.py b/freqtrade/config_schema/config_schema.py
index 9c91d81f7..ce71e8f78 100644
--- a/freqtrade/config_schema/config_schema.py
+++ b/freqtrade/config_schema/config_schema.py
@@ -913,7 +913,17 @@ CONF_SCHEMA = {
                 },
                 "ccxt_config": {"description": "CCXT configuration settings.", "type": "object"},
                 "ccxt_async_config": {
-                    "description": "CCXT asynchronous configuration settings.",
+                    "description": (
+                        "CCXT asynchronous configuration settings."
+                        "Usually ccxt_config should be used instead."
+                    ),
+                    "type": "object",
+                },
+                "ccxt_sync_config": {
+                    "description": (
+                        "CCXT synchronous configuration settings. "
+                        "Usually ccxt_config should be used instead."
+                    ),
                     "type": "object",
                 },
             },