diff --git a/spec/text-editor-component-spec.coffee b/spec/text-editor-component-spec.coffee
index cc76c4f6f..180efeeb5 100644
--- a/spec/text-editor-component-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/text-editor-component-spec.coffee
@@ -1734,11 +1734,11 @@ describe "TextEditorComponent", ->
         nextAnimationFrame()
         expect(verticalScrollbarNode.scrollTop).toBe 10
 
-      it "parses negative scrollSensitivity values as positive", ->
+      it "parses negative scrollSensitivity values at the minimum", ->
         atom.config.set('editor.scrollSensitivity', -50)
         componentNode.dispatchEvent(new WheelEvent('mousewheel', wheelDeltaX: 0, wheelDeltaY: -10))
         nextAnimationFrame()
-        expect(verticalScrollbarNode.scrollTop).toBe 5
+        expect(verticalScrollbarNode.scrollTop).toBe 1
 
     describe "when the mousewheel event's target is a line", ->
       it "keeps the line on the DOM if it is scrolled off-screen", ->
diff --git a/src/text-editor-view.coffee b/src/text-editor-view.coffee
index 3746f43f2..a457100d3 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-view.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor-view.coffee
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class EditorView extends View
     scrollSensitivity:
       type: 'integer'
       default: 40
-      minimum: 1
+      minimum: 10
       maximum: 200
     useHardwareAcceleration:
       type: 'boolean'
@@ -128,16 +128,16 @@ class EditorView extends View
       type: 'object'
       properties:
         eol:
-          type: 'string'
+          type: ['string', 'boolean']
           default: '\u00ac'
         space:
-          type: 'string'
+          type: ['string', 'boolean']
           default: '\u00b7'
         tab:
-          type: 'string'
+          type: ['string', 'boolean']
           default: '\u00bb'
         cr:
-          type: 'string'
+          type: ['string', 'boolean']
           default: '\u00a4'
 >>>>>>> Editor config uses a schema:src/editor-view.coffee