diff --git a/doc/classes/TextEdit.xml b/doc/classes/TextEdit.xml
index 62e8a2c34fc..8ca553ccb8c 100644
--- a/doc/classes/TextEdit.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/TextEdit.xml
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
 		<member name="fold_gutter" type="bool" setter="set_draw_fold_gutter" getter="is_drawing_fold_gutter">
 			If [code]true[/code], the fold gutter is visible. This enables folding groups of indented lines.
 		</member>
-		<member name="hiding_enabled" type="int" setter="set_hiding_enabled" getter="is_hiding_enabled">
+		<member name="hiding_enabled" type="bool" setter="set_hiding_enabled" getter="is_hiding_enabled">
 		</member>
 		<member name="highlight_all_occurrences" type="bool" setter="set_highlight_all_occurrences" getter="is_highlight_all_occurrences_enabled">
 		</member>
diff --git a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
index 53035fbb9b0..6b40ecfc6bf 100644
--- a/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
+++ b/scene/gui/text_edit.cpp
@@ -6344,14 +6344,14 @@ int TextEdit::get_info_gutter_width() const {
 	return info_gutter_width;
 }
 
-void TextEdit::set_hiding_enabled(int p_enabled) {
+void TextEdit::set_hiding_enabled(bool p_enabled) {
 	if (!p_enabled)
 		unhide_all_lines();
 	hiding_enabled = p_enabled;
 	update();
 }
 
-int TextEdit::is_hiding_enabled() const {
+bool TextEdit::is_hiding_enabled() const {
 	return hiding_enabled;
 }
 
diff --git a/scene/gui/text_edit.h b/scene/gui/text_edit.h
index 68e590f1e6b..0c26602d2b8 100644
--- a/scene/gui/text_edit.h
+++ b/scene/gui/text_edit.h
@@ -697,8 +697,8 @@ public:
 	void set_info_gutter_width(int p_gutter_width);
 	int get_info_gutter_width() const;
 
-	void set_hiding_enabled(int p_enabled);
-	int is_hiding_enabled() const;
+	void set_hiding_enabled(bool p_enabled);
+	bool is_hiding_enabled() const;
 
 	void set_tooltip_request_func(Object *p_obj, const StringName &p_function, const Variant &p_udata);