diff --git a/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/comment_bans-add.json b/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/comment_bans-add.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 770b8ecd4..000000000
--- a/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/comment_bans-add.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
-  "$id": "comment_bans.add",
-  "title": "comment_bans.add",
-  "description": "Schema for comment_bans.add",
-  "type": "object",
-  "additionalProperties": false,
-  "properties": {
-    "comment_bans": {
-      "type": "array",
-      "minItems": 1,
-      "maxItems": 1,
-      "items": {
-        "allOf": [{ "$ref": "comment_bans#/definitions/comment_ban" }]
-      }
-    }
-  },
-  "required": ["comment_bans"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/index.js b/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/index.js
index 35c917826..11ac30cd0 100644
--- a/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/index.js
+++ b/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module.exports = [
-    'comment_bans-add',
+    'member_commenting-disable',
     'images-upload',
     'media-upload',
     'labels-add',
diff --git a/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/member_commenting-disable.json b/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/member_commenting-disable.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1fde6f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/member_commenting-disable.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "$id": "member_commenting.disable",
+  "title": "member_commenting.disable",
+  "type": "object",
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "properties": {
+    "reason": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "minLength": 1,
+      "maxLength": 2000
+    },
+    "expires_at": {
+      "type": ["string", "null"],
+      "format": "date-time"
+    },
+    "hide_comments": {
+      "type": "boolean"
+    }
+  },
+  "required": ["reason"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/comment_bans.json b/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/member_commenting.json
similarity index 74%
rename from packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/comment_bans.json
rename to packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/member_commenting.json
index 3d4f15f3d..94341a5ca 100644
--- a/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/comment_bans.json
+++ b/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/member_commenting.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
-  "$id": "comment_bans",
-  "title": "comment_bans",
-  "description": "Base comment_bans definitions",
+  "$id": "member_commenting",
+  "title": "member_commenting",
+  "description": "Base member_commenting definitions",
   "definitions": {
-    "comment_ban": {
+    "member_commenting": {
       "type": "object",
       "additionalProperties": false,
       "properties": {
diff --git a/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/members-edit.json b/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/members-edit.json
index 32c59012e..4d209777c 100644
--- a/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/members-edit.json
+++ b/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/members-edit.json
@@ -54,19 +54,8 @@
           "can_comment": {
             "type": "boolean"
           },
-          "comment_ban": {
-            "oneOf": [
-              {
-                "type": "object",
-                "additionalProperties": false,
-                "properties": {
-                  "reason": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 2000 },
-                  "expires_at": { "type": ["string", "null"], "format": "date-time" }
-                },
-                "required": ["reason"]
-              },
-              { "type": "null" }
-            ]
+          "commenting": {
+            "$ref": "members#/definitions/member-commenting"
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/members.json b/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/members.json
index fc6a4f696..c19fcd1fe 100644
--- a/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/members.json
+++ b/packages/admin-api-schema/lib/schemas/members.json
@@ -51,19 +51,8 @@
         "can_comment": {
           "type": "boolean"
         },
-        "comment_ban": {
-          "oneOf": [
-            {
-              "type": "object",
-              "additionalProperties": false,
-              "properties": {
-                "reason": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 2000 },
-                "expires_at": { "type": ["string", "null"], "format": "date-time" }
-              },
-              "required": ["reason"]
-            },
-            { "type": "null" }
-          ]
+        "commenting": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/member-commenting"
         }
       }
     },
@@ -163,6 +152,22 @@
           }
         ]
       }
+    },
+    "member-commenting": {
+      "description": "Commenting status of the member",
+      "oneOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "object",
+          "additionalProperties": false,
+          "properties": {
+            "disabled": { "type": "boolean" },
+            "disabled_reason": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 2000 },
+            "disabled_until": { "type": ["string", "null"], "format": "date-time" }
+          },
+          "required": ["disabled"]
+        },
+        { "type": "null" }
+      ]
     }
   }
 }