diff --git a/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp b/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
index 096ef3b0f9b..c6923539d67 100644
--- a/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/rich_text_label.cpp
@@ -2925,7 +2925,11 @@ void RichTextLabel::_bind_methods() {
 
 	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::BOOL, "deselect_on_focus_loss_enabled"), "set_deselect_on_focus_loss_enabled", "is_deselect_on_focus_loss_enabled");
 
-	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::ARRAY, "custom_effects", PROPERTY_HINT_RESOURCE_TYPE, "17/17:RichTextEffect", (PROPERTY_USAGE_DEFAULT | PROPERTY_USAGE_SCRIPT_VARIABLE), "RichTextEffect"), "set_effects", "get_effects");
+	// See EditorPropertyArray::setup() for this esoteric hint string syntax for typed arrays.
+	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::ARRAY, "custom_effects", PROPERTY_HINT_NONE,
+						 vformat("%d/%d:RichTextEffect", Variant::OBJECT, PROPERTY_HINT_RESOURCE_TYPE),
+						 (PROPERTY_USAGE_DEFAULT | PROPERTY_USAGE_SCRIPT_VARIABLE)),
+			"set_effects", "get_effects");
 
 	ADD_SIGNAL(MethodInfo("meta_clicked", PropertyInfo(Variant::NIL, "meta", PROPERTY_HINT_NONE, "", PROPERTY_USAGE_NIL_IS_VARIANT)));
 	ADD_SIGNAL(MethodInfo("meta_hover_started", PropertyInfo(Variant::NIL, "meta", PROPERTY_HINT_NONE, "", PROPERTY_USAGE_NIL_IS_VARIANT)));