diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/types-impl.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/types-impl.ts
index 2d41d50966bdf..f1a33a51f9a88 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/types-impl.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/plugin/types-impl.ts
@@ -1647,6 +1647,7 @@ export class DocumentLink {
 @es5ClassCompat
 export class DocumentDropOrPasteEditKind {
     static readonly Empty: DocumentDropOrPasteEditKind = new DocumentDropOrPasteEditKind('');
+    static readonly Text: DocumentDropOrPasteEditKind = new DocumentDropOrPasteEditKind('text');
 
     private static sep = '.';
 
diff --git a/packages/plugin/src/theia.proposed.documentPaste.d.ts b/packages/plugin/src/theia.proposed.documentPaste.d.ts
index be606313530bb..c970e3bc07b9d 100644
--- a/packages/plugin/src/theia.proposed.documentPaste.d.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin/src/theia.proposed.documentPaste.d.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ export module '@theia/plugin' {
     class DocumentDropOrPasteEditKind {
         static readonly Empty: DocumentDropOrPasteEditKind;
 
+        /**
+         * The root kind for basic text edits.
+         *
+         * This kind should be used for edits that insert basic text into the document. A good example of this is
+         * an edit that pastes the clipboard text while also updating imports in the file based on the pasted text.
+         * For this we could use a kind such as `text.updateImports.someLanguageId`.
+         *
+         * Even though most drop/paste edits ultimately insert text, you should not use {@linkcode Text} as the base kind
+         * for every edit as this is redundant. Instead a more specific kind that describes the type of content being
+         * inserted should be used instead For example, if the edit adds a Markdown link, use `markdown.link` since even
+         * though the content being inserted is text, it's more important to know that the edit inserts Markdown syntax.
+         */
+        static readonly Text: DocumentDropOrPasteEditKind;
+
         private constructor(value: string);
 
         /**