diff --git a/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextView.j b/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextView.j
index 9b27b8c18..88332bfe1 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextView.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPTextView/CPTextView.j
@@ -1795,7 +1795,7 @@ var kDelegateRespondsTo_textShouldBeginEditing
 
 + (JSObject)_wordBoundaryRegex
 {
-    return /^.[^-\.,+#'"!§$%&/\(<\[\]>\)=?`´*\s{}\|¶]/m;
+    return /(^[0-9][\.,])|(^.[^-\.,+#'"!§$%&/\(<\[\]>\)=?`´*\s{}\|¶])/m;
 }
 
 + (JSObject)_paragraphBoundaryRegex