diff --git a/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml b/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml
index c5737b235f1..b4c1647ddeb 100644
--- a/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@
 			If [code]false[/code], using [kbd]Ctrl + Left[/kbd] or [kbd]Ctrl + Right[/kbd] ([kbd]Cmd + Left[/kbd] or [kbd]Cmd + Right[/kbd] on macOS) bindings will use the behavior of [member text_editor/behavior/navigation/use_default_word_separators]. If [code]true[/code], it will also stop the caret if a character within [member text_editor/behavior/navigation/custom_word_separators] is detected. Useful for subword moving. This behavior also will be applied to the behavior of text selection.
 		</member>
 		<member name="text_editor/behavior/navigation/use_default_word_separators" type="bool" setter="" getter="">
-			If [code]false[/code], using [kbd]Ctrl + Left[/kbd] or [kbd]Ctrl + Right[/kbd] ([kbd]Cmd + Left[/kbd] or [kbd]Cmd + Right[/kbd] on macOS) bindings will stop moving caret only if a space or punctuation is detected. If [code]true[/code], it will also stop the caret if a character is [code]´`~$^=+|&lt;&gt;[/code], a General Punctuation, or CJK Punctuation. Useful for subword moving. This behavior also will be applied to the behavior of text selection.
+			If [code]false[/code], using [kbd]Ctrl + Left[/kbd] or [kbd]Ctrl + Right[/kbd] ([kbd]Cmd + Left[/kbd] or [kbd]Cmd + Right[/kbd] on macOS) bindings will stop moving caret only if a space or punctuation is detected. If [code]true[/code], it will also stop the caret if a character is part of [code]`!"#$%&amp;'()*+,-./:;&lt;=&gt;?@[\]^`{|}~[/code], the Unicode General Punctuation table, or the Unicode CJK Punctuation table. Useful for subword moving. This behavior also will be applied to the behavior of text selection.
 		</member>
 		<member name="text_editor/behavior/navigation/v_scroll_speed" type="int" setter="" getter="">
 			The number of pixels to scroll with every mouse wheel increment. Higher values make the script scroll by faster when using the mouse wheel.
diff --git a/doc/classes/TextEdit.xml b/doc/classes/TextEdit.xml
index f82671b533d..f71601f9ae1 100644
--- a/doc/classes/TextEdit.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/TextEdit.xml
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@
 			If [code]false[/code], using [kbd]Ctrl + Left[/kbd] or [kbd]Ctrl + Right[/kbd] ([kbd]Cmd + Left[/kbd] or [kbd]Cmd + Right[/kbd] on macOS) bindings will use the behavior of [member use_default_word_separators]. If [code]true[/code], it will also stop the caret if a character within [member custom_word_separators] is detected. Useful for subword moving. This behavior also will be applied to the behavior of text selection.
 		</member>
 		<member name="use_default_word_separators" type="bool" setter="set_use_default_word_separators" getter="is_default_word_separators_enabled" default="true">
-			If [code]false[/code], using [kbd]Ctrl + Left[/kbd] or [kbd]Ctrl + Right[/kbd] ([kbd]Cmd + Left[/kbd] or [kbd]Cmd + Right[/kbd] on macOS) bindings will stop moving caret only if a space or punctuation is detected. If [code]true[/code], it will also stop the caret if a character is [code]´`~$^=+|&lt;&gt;[/code], a General Punctuation, or CJK Punctuation. Useful for subword moving. This behavior also will be applied to the behavior of text selection.
+			If [code]false[/code], using [kbd]Ctrl + Left[/kbd] or [kbd]Ctrl + Right[/kbd] ([kbd]Cmd + Left[/kbd] or [kbd]Cmd + Right[/kbd] on macOS) bindings will stop moving caret only if a space or punctuation is detected. If [code]true[/code], it will also stop the caret if a character is part of [code]!"#$%&amp;'()*+,-./:;&lt;=&gt;?@[\]^`{|}~[/code], the Unicode General Punctuation table, or the Unicode CJK Punctuation table. Useful for subword moving. This behavior also will be applied to the behavior of text selection.
 		</member>
 		<member name="virtual_keyboard_enabled" type="bool" setter="set_virtual_keyboard_enabled" getter="is_virtual_keyboard_enabled" default="true">
 			If [code]true[/code], the native virtual keyboard is shown when focused on platforms that support it.
diff --git a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
index 233c7200ff4..7b682daa833 100644
--- a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ String TextEdit::Text::get_custom_word_separators() const {
 }
 
 String TextEdit::Text::get_default_word_separators() const {
-	String concat_separators = "´`~$^=+|<>";
+	String concat_separators = "!\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^`{|}~";
 	for (char32_t ch = 0x2000; ch <= 0x206F; ++ch) { // General punctuation block.
 		concat_separators += ch;
 	}