diff --git a/editor/code_editor.cpp b/editor/code_editor.cpp
index a9ec776693e..d097d34c97d 100644
--- a/editor/code_editor.cpp
+++ b/editor/code_editor.cpp
@@ -1289,6 +1289,8 @@ void CodeTextEditor::_on_settings_change() {
 	text_editor->set_callhint_settings(
 			EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/completion/put_callhint_tooltip_below_current_line", true),
 			EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/completion/callhint_tooltip_offset", Vector2()));
+
+	idle->set_wait_time(EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/completion/idle_parse_delay", 2.0));
 }
 
 void CodeTextEditor::_text_changed_idle_timeout() {
@@ -1403,7 +1405,7 @@ CodeTextEditor::CodeTextEditor() {
 	idle = memnew(Timer);
 	add_child(idle);
 	idle->set_one_shot(true);
-	idle->set_wait_time(EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/completion/idle_parse_delay", 2));
+	idle->set_wait_time(EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/completion/idle_parse_delay", 2.0));
 
 	code_complete_timer = memnew(Timer);
 	add_child(code_complete_timer);
diff --git a/editor/editor_settings.cpp b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
index 54bd9cae208..9e9d2cf47a2 100644
--- a/editor/editor_settings.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
@@ -459,7 +459,8 @@ void EditorSettings::_load_defaults(Ref<ConfigFile> p_extra_config) {
 	_initial_set("text_editor/cursor/right_click_moves_caret", true);
 
 	// Completion
-	_initial_set("text_editor/completion/idle_parse_delay", 2);
+	_initial_set("text_editor/completion/idle_parse_delay", 2.0);
+	hints["text_editor/completion/idle_parse_delay"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::REAL, "text_editor/completion/idle_parse_delay", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "0.1, 10, 0.01");
 	_initial_set("text_editor/completion/auto_brace_complete", false);
 	_initial_set("text_editor/completion/put_callhint_tooltip_below_current_line", true);
 	_initial_set("text_editor/completion/callhint_tooltip_offset", Vector2());