diff --git a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
index 1e82432165e..a87d8eea5f1 100644
--- a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ void TextEdit::_notification(int p_what) {
 								
 								CharType cc = text[i][j];
 								//ignore any brackets inside a string
-								if (cc== '"' | cc == '\'') {
+								if (cc== '"' || cc == '\'') {
 									CharType quotation = cc;
 									do {
 										j++;
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ void TextEdit::_notification(int p_what) {
 								
 								CharType cc = text[i][j];
 								//ignore any brackets inside a string
-								if (cc== '"' | cc == '\'') {
+								if (cc== '"' || cc == '\'') {
 									CharType quotation = cc;
 									do {
 										j--;