diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/text_system/line_wrapper.rs b/crates/gpui/src/text_system/line_wrapper.rs
index ffc433c671ba8f13aff1655b0aed91f95d0ff22a..67e4a971344e92017ce09f7bf2801704af2a4413 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/text_system/line_wrapper.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/text_system/line_wrapper.rs
@@ -241,8 +241,9 @@ impl LineWrapper {
 
         // Some other known special characters that should be treated as word characters,
         // e.g. `a-b`, `var_name`, `I'm`/`won’t`, '@mention`, `#hashtag`, `100%`, `3.1415`,
-        // `2^3`, `a~b`, `a=1`, `Self::new`, etc.
-        matches!(c, '-' | '_' | '.' | '\'' | '’' | '‘' | '$' | '%' | '@' | '#' | '^' | '~' | ',' | '=' | ':') ||
+        // `2^3`, `a~b`, `a=1`, `Self::new`, etc. Trailing punctuation like `,`, `.`, `:`, `;`
+        // is included so it stays attached to the preceding word when wrapping.
+        matches!(c, '-' | '_' | '.' | '\'' | '’' | '‘' | '$' | '%' | '@' | '#' | '^' | '~' | ',' | '=' | ':' | ';') ||
         // `⋯` character is special used in Zed, to keep this at the end of the line.
         matches!(c, '⋯')
     }
@@ -837,6 +838,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_word("$variable");
         assert_word("a=1");
         assert_word("Self::is_word_char");
+        assert_word("on;");
         assert_word("more⋯");
         assert_word("won’t");
         assert_word("‘twas");