diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
index a0cbd176999..32183afc2f7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
@@ -7934,10 +7934,13 @@ void BaseTextEditor::setContextHelpId(const QString &id)
 
 void TextEditorWidget::contextHelpId(const IContext::HelpIdCallback &callback)
 {
-    if (d->m_contextHelpId.isEmpty() && !d->m_hoverHandlers.isEmpty())
-        d->m_hoverHandlers.first()->contextHelpId(this, textCursor().position(), callback);
-    else
+    if (d->m_contextHelpId.isEmpty() && !d->m_hoverHandlers.isEmpty()) {
+        d->m_hoverHandlers.first()->contextHelpId(this,
+                                                  Text::wordStartCursor(textCursor()).position(),
+                                                  callback);
+    } else {
         callback(d->m_contextHelpId);
+    }
 }
 
 void TextEditorWidget::setContextHelpId(const QString &id)