diff --git a/core/ustring.cpp b/core/ustring.cpp
index b85996e3d17..80881f1adb8 100644
--- a/core/ustring.cpp
+++ b/core/ustring.cpp
@@ -2476,6 +2476,11 @@ bool String::begins_with(const char *p_string) const {
 	return *p_string == 0;
 }
 
+bool String::is_enclosed_in(const String &p_string) const {
+
+	return begins_with(p_string) && ends_with(p_string);
+}
+
 bool String::is_subsequence_of(const String &p_string) const {
 
 	return _base_is_subsequence_of(p_string, false);
@@ -2486,6 +2491,11 @@ bool String::is_subsequence_ofi(const String &p_string) const {
 	return _base_is_subsequence_of(p_string, true);
 }
 
+bool String::is_quoted() const {
+
+	return is_enclosed_in("\"") || is_enclosed_in("'");
+}
+
 bool String::_base_is_subsequence_of(const String &p_string, bool case_insensitive) const {
 
 	int len = length();
@@ -3906,6 +3916,18 @@ String String::sprintf(const Array &values, bool *error) const {
 	return formatted;
 }
 
+String String::quote(String quotechar) const {
+	return quotechar + *this + quotechar;
+}
+
+String String::unquote() const {
+	if (!is_quoted()) {
+		return *this;
+	}
+
+	return substr(1, length() - 2);
+}
+
 #include "translation.h"
 
 #ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
diff --git a/core/ustring.h b/core/ustring.h
index ab4e325f2c4..aa4a5c910d6 100644
--- a/core/ustring.h
+++ b/core/ustring.h
@@ -118,8 +118,10 @@ public:
 	bool begins_with(const String &p_string) const;
 	bool begins_with(const char *p_string) const;
 	bool ends_with(const String &p_string) const;
+	bool is_enclosed_in(const String &p_string) const;
 	bool is_subsequence_of(const String &p_string) const;
 	bool is_subsequence_ofi(const String &p_string) const;
+	bool is_quoted() const;
 	Vector<String> bigrams() const;
 	float similarity(const String &p_string) const;
 	String format(const Variant &values, String placeholder = "{_}") const;
@@ -132,6 +134,8 @@ public:
 	String lpad(int min_length, const String &character = " ") const;
 	String rpad(int min_length, const String &character = " ") const;
 	String sprintf(const Array &values, bool *error) const;
+	String quote(String quotechar = "\"") const;
+	String unquote() const;
 	static String num(double p_num, int p_decimals = -1);
 	static String num_scientific(double p_num);
 	static String num_real(double p_num);
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gd_editor.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gd_editor.cpp
index bcb998aee07..d9b10ff3fab 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gd_editor.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gd_editor.cpp
@@ -2111,9 +2111,9 @@ Error GDScriptLanguage::complete_code(const String &p_code, const String &p_base
 				for (List<String>::Element *E = opts.front(); E; E = E->next()) {
 
 					String opt = E->get().strip_edges();
-					if (opt.begins_with("\"") && opt.ends_with("\"")) {
+					if (opt.is_quoted()) {
 						r_forced = true;
-						String idopt = opt.substr(1, opt.length() - 2);
+						String idopt = opt.unquote();
 						if (idopt.replace("/", "_").is_valid_identifier()) {
 							options.insert(idopt);
 						} else {
diff --git a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
index acf6d55eb58..2d55c077f19 100644
--- a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
@@ -4489,7 +4489,13 @@ void TextEdit::_update_completion_candidates() {
 	completion_index = 0;
 	completion_base = s;
 	Vector<float> sim_cache;
+	bool single_quote = s.begins_with("'");
+
 	for (int i = 0; i < completion_strings.size(); i++) {
+		if (single_quote && completion_strings[i].is_quoted()) {
+			completion_strings[i] = completion_strings[i].unquote().quote("'");
+		}
+
 		if (s == completion_strings[i]) {
 			// A perfect match, stop completion
 			_cancel_completion();