diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/default_text_editing_shortcuts.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/default_text_editing_shortcuts.dart
index 1b605eab31..8b35041881 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/default_text_editing_shortcuts.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/default_text_editing_shortcuts.dart
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import 'text_editing_intents.dart';
 /// cause CJK input methods to discard more text than they should when the
 /// backspace key is pressed during text composition on iOS.
 ///
+/// {@macro flutter.widgets.editableText.shortcutsAndTextInput}
+///
 /// {@tool snippet}
 ///
 /// This example shows how to use an additional [Shortcuts] widget to override
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/editable_text.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/editable_text.dart
index 57448048fa..be3d8e447f 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/editable_text.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/widgets/editable_text.dart
@@ -631,9 +631,10 @@ class _DiscreteKeyFrameSimulation extends Simulation {
 /// This widget provides default [Action]s for handling common text editing
 /// [Intent]s such as deleting, copying and pasting in the text field. These
 /// [Action]s can be directly invoked using [Actions.invoke] or the
-/// [Actions.maybeInvoke] method. The default text editing keyboard [Shortcuts]
-/// also use these [Intent]s and [Action]s to perform the text editing
-/// operations they are bound to.
+/// [Actions.maybeInvoke] method. The default text editing keyboard [Shortcuts],
+/// typically declared in [DefaultTextEditingShortcuts], also use these
+/// [Intent]s and [Action]s to perform the text editing operations they are
+/// bound to.
 ///
 /// The default handling of a specific [Intent] can be overridden by placing an
 /// [Actions] widget above this widget. See the [Action] class and the
@@ -683,6 +684,40 @@ class _DiscreteKeyFrameSimulation extends Simulation {
 /// | [CopySelectionTextIntent]               | Copies or cuts the selected text into the clipboard |
 /// | [PasteTextIntent]                       | Inserts the current text in the clipboard after the caret location, or replaces the selected text if the selection is not collapsed. |
 ///
+/// ## Text Editing [Shortcuts]
+///
+/// It's also possible to directly remap keyboard shortcuts to new [Intent]s by
+/// inserting a [Shortcuts] widget above this in the widget tree. When using
+/// [WidgetsApp], the large set of default text editing keyboard shortcuts are
+/// declared near the top of the widget tree in [DefaultTextEditingShortcuts],
+/// and any [Shortcuts] widget between it and this [EditableText] will override
+/// those defaults.
+///
+/// {@template flutter.widgets.editableText.shortcutsAndTextInput}
+/// ### Interactions Between [Shortcuts] and Text Input
+///
+/// Shortcuts prevent text input fields from receiving their keystrokes as text
+/// input. For example, placing a [Shortcuts] widget in the widget tree above
+/// a text input field and creating a shortcut for [LogicalKeyboardKey.keyA]
+/// will prevent the field from receiving that key as text input. In other
+/// words, typing key "A" into the field will trigger the shortcut and will not
+/// insert a letter "a" into the field.
+///
+/// This happens because of the way that key strokes are handled in Flutter.
+/// When a keystroke is received in Flutter's engine, it first gives the
+/// framework the opportunity to handle it as a raw key event through
+/// [SystemChannels.keyEvent]. This is what [Shortcuts] listens to indirectly
+/// through its [FocusNode]. If it is not handled, then it will proceed to try
+/// handling it as text input through [SystemChannels.textInput], which is what
+/// [EditableTextState] listens to through [TextInputClient].
+///
+/// This behavior, where a shortcut prevents text input into some field, can be
+/// overridden by using another [Shortcuts] widget lower in the widget tree and
+/// mapping the desired key stroke(s) to [DoNothingAndStopPropagationIntent].
+/// The key event will be reported as unhandled by the framework and will then
+/// be sent as text input as usual.
+/// {@endtemplate}
+///
 /// ## Gesture Events Handling
 ///
 /// When [rendererIgnoresPointer] is false (the default), this widget provides