diff --git a/include/wx/richtext/richtextbuffer.h b/include/wx/richtext/richtextbuffer.h
index d7ab14943f..c1ba9cb454 100644
--- a/include/wx/richtext/richtextbuffer.h
+++ b/include/wx/richtext/richtextbuffer.h
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@
 #define wxTextAttrEx wxTextAttr
 
 // Setting wxRICHTEXT_USE_OWN_CARET to 1 implements a
-// cursor reliably without using wxClientDC in case there
+// caret reliably without using wxClientDC in case there
 // are platform-specific problems with the generic caret.
-#ifdef __WXMAC__
+#if defined(__WXGTK__) || defined(__WXMAC__)
 #define wxRICHTEXT_USE_OWN_CARET 1
 #else
 #define wxRICHTEXT_USE_OWN_CARET 0