diff --git a/egui/src/response.rs b/egui/src/response.rs
index 0c6ebf6e..78d215ab 100644
--- a/egui/src/response.rs
+++ b/egui/src/response.rs
@@ -273,8 +273,12 @@ impl Response {
     ///
     /// e.g. the slider was dragged, text was entered in a `TextEdit` etc.
     /// Always `false` for something like a `Button`.
+    ///
     /// Can sometimes be `true` even though the data didn't changed
     /// (e.g. if the user entered a character and erased it the same frame).
+    ///
+    /// This is not set if the *view* of the data was changed.
+    /// For instance, moving the cursor in a `TextEdit` does not set this to `true`.
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn changed(&self) -> bool {
         self.changed
@@ -284,6 +288,9 @@ impl Response {
     ///
     /// This must be called by widgets that represent some mutable data,
     /// e.g. checkboxes, sliders etc.
+    ///
+    /// This should be called when the *content* changes, but not when the view does.
+    /// So we call this when the text of a [`crate::TextEdit`], but not when the cursors changes.
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn mark_changed(&mut self) {
         self.changed = true;
diff --git a/egui/src/widgets/text_edit.rs b/egui/src/widgets/text_edit.rs
index 3e9cd2be..f1ae8e25 100644
--- a/egui/src/widgets/text_edit.rs
+++ b/egui/src/widgets/text_edit.rs
@@ -471,7 +471,6 @@ impl<'t, S: TextBuffer> TextEdit<'t, S> {
                         primary: galley.from_ccursor(ccursorp.primary),
                         secondary: galley.from_ccursor(ccursorp.secondary),
                     });
-                    response.mark_changed();
                 } else if response.hovered() && ui.input().pointer.any_pressed() {
                     ui.memory().request_focus(id);
                     if ui.input().modifiers.shift {
@@ -483,11 +482,9 @@ impl<'t, S: TextBuffer> TextEdit<'t, S> {
                     } else {
                         state.cursorp = Some(CursorPair::one(cursor_at_pointer));
                     }
-                    response.mark_changed();
                 } else if ui.input().pointer.any_down() && response.is_pointer_button_down_on() {
                     if let Some(cursorp) = &mut state.cursorp {
                         cursorp.primary = cursor_at_pointer;
-                        response.mark_changed();
                     }
                 }
             }