diff --git a/gtk/gtkemojichooser.c b/gtk/gtkemojichooser.c
index f160496d49..302f7d71e1 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkemojichooser.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkemojichooser.c
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ add_recent_item (GtkEmojiChooser *chooser,
 
   g_variant_ref (item);
 
-  g_variant_builder_init (&builder, G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a((aus)u)"));
-  g_variant_builder_add (&builder, "(@(aus)u)", item, modifier);
+  g_variant_builder_init (&builder, G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a((auss)u)"));
+  g_variant_builder_add (&builder, "(@(auss)u)", item, modifier);
 
   children = gtk_container_get_children (GTK_CONTAINER (chooser->recent.box));
   for (l = children, i = 1; l; l = l->next, i++)
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ add_recent_item (GtkEmojiChooser *chooser,
           continue;
         }
 
-      g_variant_builder_add (&builder, "(@(aus)u)", item2, modifier2);
+      g_variant_builder_add (&builder, "(@(auss)u)", item2, modifier2);
     }
   g_list_free (children);
 
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ populate_emoji_chooser (GtkEmojiChooser *chooser)
   GtkWidget *box;
 
   bytes = g_resources_lookup_data ("/org/gtk/libgtk/emoji/emoji.data", 0, NULL);
-  chooser->data = g_variant_ref_sink (g_variant_new_from_bytes (G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a(aus)"), bytes, TRUE));
+  chooser->data = g_variant_ref_sink (g_variant_new_from_bytes (G_VARIANT_TYPE ("a(auss)"), bytes, TRUE));
 
   g_variant_iter_init (&iter, chooser->data);
   box = chooser->people.box;
diff --git a/gtk/org.gtk.Settings.EmojiChooser.gschema.xml b/gtk/org.gtk.Settings.EmojiChooser.gschema.xml
index 7105cb200a..20e3db4f9d 100644
--- a/gtk/org.gtk.Settings.EmojiChooser.gschema.xml
+++ b/gtk/org.gtk.Settings.EmojiChooser.gschema.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 <schemalist>
 
   <schema id='org.gtk.Settings.EmojiChooser' path='/org/gtk/settings/emoji-chooser/'>
-    <key name='recent-emoji' type='a((aus)u)'>
+    <key name='recent-emoji' type='a((auss)u)'>
       <default>[]</default>
       <summary>Recently used Emoji</summary>
       <description>
         An array of Emoji definitions to show in the Emoji chooser. Each Emoji is
-        specified as an array of codepoints and a name. The extra integer after this
+        specified as an array of codepoints, name and shortname. The extra integer after this
         pair is the code of the Fitzpatrick modifier to use in place of a 0 in the
         codepoint array.
       </description>