diff --git a/editor/editor_settings.cpp b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
index 122034eaa36..433f501fc85 100644
--- a/editor/editor_settings.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ void EditorSettings::_load_defaults(Ref<ConfigFile> p_extra_config) {
 	_initial_set("text_editor/files/restore_scripts_on_load", true);
 	_initial_set("text_editor/completion/complete_file_paths", true);
 	_initial_set("text_editor/files/maximum_recent_files", 20);
-	hints["text_editor/files/maximum_recent_files"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "text_editor/files/maximum_recent_files", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "1, 200, 0");
+	hints["text_editor/files/maximum_recent_files"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "text_editor/files/maximum_recent_files", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "1, 200, 1");
 
 	_initial_set("docks/scene_tree/start_create_dialog_fully_expanded", false);
 	_initial_set("docks/scene_tree/draw_relationship_lines", false);