diff --git a/src/gui/interface/Textbox.cpp b/src/gui/interface/Textbox.cpp
index ddeed791d..41520afa3 100644
--- a/src/gui/interface/Textbox.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/interface/Textbox.cpp
@@ -358,7 +358,12 @@ void Textbox::OnVKeyPress(int key, Uint16 character, bool shift, bool ctrl, bool
 			else if (backingText.length() && cursor < (int)backingText.length())
 			{
 				if (ctrl)
-					backingText.erase(cursor, backingText.length()-cursor);
+				{
+					size_t stopChar;
+					stopChar = backingText.find_first_not_of(" .,!?\n", cursor);
+					stopChar = backingText.find_first_of(" .,!?\n", stopChar);
+					backingText.erase(cursor, stopChar-cursor);
+				}
 				else
 					backingText.erase(cursor, 1);
 				changed = true;
@@ -380,8 +385,14 @@ void Textbox::OnVKeyPress(int key, Uint16 character, bool shift, bool ctrl, bool
 			{
 				if (ctrl)
 				{
-					backingText.erase(0, cursor);
-					cursor = 0;
+					size_t stopChar;
+					stopChar = backingText.substr(0, cursor).find_last_not_of(" .,!?\n");
+					if (stopChar == backingText.npos)
+						stopChar = -1;
+					else
+						stopChar = backingText.substr(0, stopChar).find_last_of(" .,!?\n");
+					backingText.erase(stopChar+1, cursor-(stopChar+1));
+					cursor = stopChar+1;
 				}
 				else
 				{