diff --git a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml
index 9f47a7d70..1d6dd601a 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml
+++ b/qutebrowser/config/configdata.yml
@@ -746,11 +746,11 @@ editor.command:
   type:
     name: ShellCommand
     placeholder: true
-  default: ["gvim", "-f", "{}"]
+  default: ["gvim", "-f", "{file}", "-c", "normal {line}G{column0}l"]
   desc: >-
     The editor (and arguments) to use for the `open-editor` command.
 
-    `{}` gets replaced by the filename of the file to be edited.
+    `{file}` gets replaced by the filename of the file to be edited.
 
 editor.encoding:
   type: Encoding