diff --git a/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml b/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml
index 205987f5be5..80ef73d8246 100644
--- a/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml
@@ -1315,7 +1315,9 @@
 		</member>
 		<member name="mono/profiler/enabled" type="bool" setter="" getter="" default="false">
 		</member>
-		<member name="mono/unhandled_exception_policy" type="int" setter="" getter="" default="0">
+		<member name="mono/runtime/unhandled_exception_policy" type="int" setter="" getter="" default="0">
+			The policy to use for unhandled Mono (C#) exceptions. The default "Terminate Application" exits the project as soon as an unhandled exception is thrown. "Log Error" logs an error message to the console instead, and will not interrupt the project execution when an unhandled exception is thrown.
+			[b]Note:[/b] The unhandled exception policy is always set to "Log Error" in the editor, which also includes C# [code]tool[/code] scripts running within the editor as well as editor plugin code.
 		</member>
 		<member name="navigation/2d/default_cell_size" type="int" setter="" getter="" default="10">
 			Default cell size for 2D navigation maps. See [method NavigationServer2D.map_set_cell_size].
diff --git a/main/main.cpp b/main/main.cpp
index eb6e69e2563..73554936778 100644
--- a/main/main.cpp
+++ b/main/main.cpp
@@ -2050,7 +2050,7 @@ bool Main::start() {
 		GLOBAL_DEF("mono/debugger_agent/wait_timeout", 3000);
 		GLOBAL_DEF("mono/profiler/args", "log:calls,alloc,sample,output=output.mlpd");
 		GLOBAL_DEF("mono/profiler/enabled", false);
-		GLOBAL_DEF("mono/unhandled_exception_policy", 0);
+		GLOBAL_DEF("mono/runtime/unhandled_exception_policy", 0);
 #endif
 
 		DocTools doc;
diff --git a/modules/mono/mono_gd/gd_mono.cpp b/modules/mono/mono_gd/gd_mono.cpp
index f3e83b26b97..52447bc59ba 100644
--- a/modules/mono/mono_gd/gd_mono.cpp
+++ b/modules/mono/mono_gd/gd_mono.cpp
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ void GDMono::_init_godot_api_hashes() {
 }
 
 void GDMono::_init_exception_policy() {
-	PropertyInfo exc_policy_prop = PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "mono/unhandled_exception_policy", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM,
+	PropertyInfo exc_policy_prop = PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "mono/runtime/unhandled_exception_policy", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM,
 			vformat("Terminate Application:%s,Log Error:%s", (int)POLICY_TERMINATE_APP, (int)POLICY_LOG_ERROR));
 	unhandled_exception_policy = (UnhandledExceptionPolicy)(int)GLOBAL_DEF(exc_policy_prop.name, (int)POLICY_TERMINATE_APP);
 	ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->set_custom_property_info(exc_policy_prop.name, exc_policy_prop);