diff --git a/editor/editor_fonts.cpp b/editor/editor_fonts.cpp
index 5b16b8f6d53c..cddabbc4e47f 100644
--- a/editor/editor_fonts.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_fonts.cpp
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ void editor_register_fonts(Ref<Theme> p_theme) {
 	p_theme->set_font("doc", "EditorFonts", df_doc);
 	p_theme->set_font("doc_title", "EditorFonts", df_doc_title);
 
-	MAKE_SOURCE_FONT(df_doc_code, int(EDITOR_DEF("text_editor/help/help_source_font_size", 14)) * EDSCALE);
+	MAKE_SOURCE_FONT(df_doc_code, int(EDITOR_GET("text_editor/help/help_source_font_size")) * EDSCALE);
 	p_theme->set_font("doc_source", "EditorFonts", df_doc_code);
 
 	// Ruler font
diff --git a/editor/editor_settings.cpp b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
index 79dcbca7a2a1..c0dc231ea999 100644
--- a/editor/editor_settings.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
@@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ void EditorSettings::_load_defaults(Ref<ConfigFile> p_extra_config) {
 
 	// Help
 	_initial_set("text_editor/help/show_help_index", true);
+	_initial_set("text_editor/help_source_font_size", 14);
+	hints["text_editor/help/help_source_font_size"] = PropertyInfo(Variant::REAL, "text_editor/help/help_source_font_size", PROPERTY_HINT_RANGE, "10, 50, 1");
 
 	/* Editors */