diff --git a/autoload/airline/extensions/wordcount.vim b/autoload/airline/extensions/wordcount.vim
index e6462322..9439ff2e 100644
--- a/autoload/airline/extensions/wordcount.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline/extensions/wordcount.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " MIT License. Copyright (c) 2013-2015 Bailey Ling.
 " vim: et ts=2 sts=2 sw=2
 
-let s:filetypes = get(g:, 'airline#extensions#wordcount#filetypes', '\vhelp|markdown|rst|org')
+let s:filetypes = get(g:, 'airline#extensions#wordcount#filetypes', '\vhelp|markdown|rst|org|text')
 let s:format = get(g:, 'airline#extensions#wordcount#format', '%d words')
 
 " adapted from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/114431/fast-word-count-function-in-vim
diff --git a/doc/airline.txt b/doc/airline.txt
index 7911a69f..2460ae37 100644
--- a/doc/airline.txt
+++ b/doc/airline.txt
@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ eclim <https://eclim.org>
   " the default value matches filetypes typically used for documentation
   " such as markdown and help files.
   let g:airline#extensions#wordcount#filetypes = ...
+  (default: markdown,rst,org,help,text)
+
 <
 -------------------------------------                   *airline-whitespace*
 * enable/disable detection of whitespace errors. >