diff --git a/doc/classes/SyntaxHighlighter.xml b/doc/classes/SyntaxHighlighter.xml
index 76f98f9edb4..79f4944bae0 100644
--- a/doc/classes/SyntaxHighlighter.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/SyntaxHighlighter.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 				This will color columns 0-4 red, and columns 5-eol in green.
 			</description>
 		</method>
-		<method name="get_text_edit">
+		<method name="get_text_edit" qualifiers="const">
 			<return type="TextEdit" />
 			<description>
 				Returns the associated [TextEdit] node.
diff --git a/scene/resources/syntax_highlighter.cpp b/scene/resources/syntax_highlighter.cpp
index 05a8cf2dc78..903be41c26c 100644
--- a/scene/resources/syntax_highlighter.cpp
+++ b/scene/resources/syntax_highlighter.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void SyntaxHighlighter::set_text_edit(TextEdit *p_text_edit) {
 	update_cache();
 }
 
-TextEdit *SyntaxHighlighter::get_text_edit() {
+TextEdit *SyntaxHighlighter::get_text_edit() const {
 	return text_edit;
 }
 
diff --git a/scene/resources/syntax_highlighter.h b/scene/resources/syntax_highlighter.h
index 7cc58cbbda5..bf263f9490d 100644
--- a/scene/resources/syntax_highlighter.h
+++ b/scene/resources/syntax_highlighter.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public:
 	virtual void _update_cache() {}
 
 	void set_text_edit(TextEdit *p_text_edit);
-	TextEdit *get_text_edit();
+	TextEdit *get_text_edit() const;
 
 	SyntaxHighlighter() {}
 	virtual ~SyntaxHighlighter() {}