diff --git a/.changeset/selfish-buckets-guess.md b/.changeset/selfish-buckets-guess.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac275ec4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/selfish-buckets-guess.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@changesets/config": patch
+---
+
+Fixed the declared JSON schema type for the `commit` config option.
diff --git a/packages/config/schema.json b/packages/config/schema.json
index 3ec3939fd..c5b6d2f14 100644
--- a/packages/config/schema.json
+++ b/packages/config/schema.json
@@ -50,7 +50,27 @@
       "default": []
     },
     "commit": {
-      "type": "boolean",
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": [
+            {
+              "type": "string",
+              "title": "Commit Generator Path"
+            },
+            { "title": "Commit Generator Options" }
+          ],
+          "minItems": 1,
+          "maxItems": 2
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "string",
+          "title": "Commit Generator Path"
+        }
+      ],
       "description": "Determines whether Changesets should commit the results of the add and version command.",
       "default": false
     },