diff --git a/doc/classes/TextServer.xml b/doc/classes/TextServer.xml
index b4339bef11f..9ef800d7e14 100644
--- a/doc/classes/TextServer.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/TextServer.xml
@@ -1249,9 +1249,9 @@
 		<method name="shaped_text_get_word_breaks" qualifiers="const">
 			<return type="PackedInt32Array" />
 			<argument index="0" name="shaped" type="RID" />
-			<argument index="1" name="grapheme_flags" type="int" />
+			<argument index="1" name="grapheme_flags" type="int" default="264" />
 			<description>
-				Breaks text into words and returns array of character ranges.
+				Breaks text into words and returns array of character ranges. Use [code]grapheme_flags[/code] to set what characters are used for breaking (see [enum GraphemeFlag]).
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="shaped_text_hit_test_grapheme" qualifiers="const">
diff --git a/servers/text_server.cpp b/servers/text_server.cpp
index 2f32e81f06d..b5702eb44c3 100644
--- a/servers/text_server.cpp
+++ b/servers/text_server.cpp
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ void TextServer::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("shaped_text_get_range", "shaped"), &TextServer::shaped_text_get_range);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("shaped_text_get_line_breaks_adv", "shaped", "width", "start", "once", "break_flags"), &TextServer::shaped_text_get_line_breaks_adv, DEFVAL(0), DEFVAL(true), DEFVAL(BREAK_MANDATORY | BREAK_WORD_BOUND));
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("shaped_text_get_line_breaks", "shaped", "width", "start", "break_flags"), &TextServer::shaped_text_get_line_breaks, DEFVAL(0), DEFVAL(BREAK_MANDATORY | BREAK_WORD_BOUND));
-	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("shaped_text_get_word_breaks", "shaped", "grapheme_flags"), &TextServer::shaped_text_get_word_breaks);
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("shaped_text_get_word_breaks", "shaped", "grapheme_flags"), &TextServer::shaped_text_get_word_breaks, DEFVAL(GRAPHEME_IS_SPACE | GRAPHEME_IS_PUNCTUATION));
 
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("shaped_text_get_trim_pos", "shaped"), &TextServer::shaped_text_get_trim_pos);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("shaped_text_get_ellipsis_pos", "shaped"), &TextServer::shaped_text_get_ellipsis_pos);