diff --git a/doc/classes/AudioStreamPlayer2D.xml b/doc/classes/AudioStreamPlayer2D.xml
index ae86fd0e664..81755b580f9 100644
--- a/doc/classes/AudioStreamPlayer2D.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/AudioStreamPlayer2D.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 			<return type="void" />
 			<param index="0" name="from_position" type="float" default="0.0" />
 			<description>
-				Plays the audio from the given position [param from_position], in seconds.
+				Queues the audio to play on the next physics frame, from the given position [param from_position], in seconds.
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="seek">
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 			The pitch and the tempo of the audio, as a multiplier of the audio sample's sample rate.
 		</member>
 		<member name="playing" type="bool" setter="_set_playing" getter="is_playing" default="false">
-			If [code]true[/code], audio is playing.
+			If [code]true[/code], audio is playing or is queued to be played (see [method play]).
 		</member>
 		<member name="stream" type="AudioStream" setter="set_stream" getter="get_stream">
 			The [AudioStream] object to be played.
diff --git a/doc/classes/AudioStreamPlayer3D.xml b/doc/classes/AudioStreamPlayer3D.xml
index 11d6e9cc7a6..f711210ca1c 100644
--- a/doc/classes/AudioStreamPlayer3D.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/AudioStreamPlayer3D.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 			<return type="void" />
 			<param index="0" name="from_position" type="float" default="0.0" />
 			<description>
-				Plays the audio from the given position [param from_position], in seconds.
+				Queues the audio to play on the next physics frame, from the given position [param from_position], in seconds.
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="seek">
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 			The pitch and the tempo of the audio, as a multiplier of the audio sample's sample rate.
 		</member>
 		<member name="playing" type="bool" setter="_set_playing" getter="is_playing" default="false">
-			If [code]true[/code], audio is playing.
+			If [code]true[/code], audio is playing or is queued to be played (see [method play]).
 		</member>
 		<member name="stream" type="AudioStream" setter="set_stream" getter="get_stream">
 			The [AudioStream] resource to be played.
diff --git a/scene/2d/audio_stream_player_2d.cpp b/scene/2d/audio_stream_player_2d.cpp
index 9ac3083718d..2ded2091801 100644
--- a/scene/2d/audio_stream_player_2d.cpp
+++ b/scene/2d/audio_stream_player_2d.cpp
@@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ bool AudioStreamPlayer2D::is_playing() const {
 			return true;
 		}
 	}
+	if (setplay.get() >= 0) {
+		return true; // play() has been called this frame, but no playback exists just yet.
+	}
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/scene/3d/audio_stream_player_3d.cpp b/scene/3d/audio_stream_player_3d.cpp
index b9d95672fe5..75e840c24bb 100644
--- a/scene/3d/audio_stream_player_3d.cpp
+++ b/scene/3d/audio_stream_player_3d.cpp
@@ -606,6 +606,9 @@ bool AudioStreamPlayer3D::is_playing() const {
 			return true;
 		}
 	}
+	if (setplay.get() >= 0) {
+		return true; // play() has been called this frame, but no playback exists just yet.
+	}
 	return false;
 }