diff --git a/doc-files/behavior/RichTextAreaBehavior.md b/doc-files/behavior/RichTextAreaBehavior.md
index dd8fc5ce070..012e1e48f1e 100644
--- a/doc-files/behavior/RichTextAreaBehavior.md
+++ b/doc-files/behavior/RichTextAreaBehavior.md
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@
 |shortcut-A            |           |SELECT_ALL                |
 |ctrl-BACK_SLASH       |linux, win |DESELECT                  |
 |BACKSPACE             |           |BACKSPACE                 |7
-|ctrl-BACKSPACE        |linux, win |DELETE_WORD_NEXT_START    |
-|option-BACKSPACE      |mac        |DELETE_WORD_NEXT_START    |7
+|ctrl-BACKSPACE        |linux, win |DELETE_WORD_PREVIOUS      |
+|option-BACKSPACE      |mac        |DELETE_WORD_PREVIOUS      |7
 |shift-BACKSPACE       |           |BACKSPACE                 |7
 |shortcut-BACKSPACE    |mac        |DELETE_PARAGRAPH_START    |7, mac only
 |shortcut-C            |           |COPY                      |
diff --git a/modules/jfx.incubator.richtext/src/main/java/com/sun/jfx/incubator/scene/control/richtext/Params.java b/modules/jfx.incubator.richtext/src/main/java/com/sun/jfx/incubator/scene/control/richtext/Params.java
index 7033ff47af4..7f12db97e5b 100644
--- a/modules/jfx.incubator.richtext/src/main/java/com/sun/jfx/incubator/scene/control/richtext/Params.java
+++ b/modules/jfx.incubator.richtext/src/main/java/com/sun/jfx/incubator/scene/control/richtext/Params.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class Params {
     public static final double PREF_HEIGHT = 176;
 
     /** default preferred width */
-    public static final double PREF_WIDTH = 176;
+    public static final double PREF_WIDTH = 480;
 
     /** scroll bars block increment, fraction of view width/height (between 0.0 and 1.0). */
     public static final double SCROLL_BARS_BLOCK_INCREMENT = 0.05;
diff --git a/modules/jfx.incubator.richtext/src/main/java/jfx/incubator/scene/control/richtext/RichTextArea.java b/modules/jfx.incubator.richtext/src/main/java/jfx/incubator/scene/control/richtext/RichTextArea.java
index 778699ceed5..3a02b123d17 100644
--- a/modules/jfx.incubator.richtext/src/main/java/jfx/incubator/scene/control/richtext/RichTextArea.java
+++ b/modules/jfx.incubator.richtext/src/main/java/jfx/incubator/scene/control/richtext/RichTextArea.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
  * <pre>{@code
  *     SimpleViewOnlyStyledModel m = new SimpleViewOnlyStyledModel();
  *     // add text segment using CSS style name (requires a stylesheet)
- *     m.addWithStyles("RichTextArea ", "HEADER");
+ *     m.addWithStyleNames("RichTextArea ", "HEADER");
  *     // add text segment using inline styles
  *     m.addWithInlineStyle("Demo", "-fx-font-size:200%; -fx-font-weight:bold;");
  *     // add newline