diff --git a/core/default_settings/default_setting_edit.php b/core/default_settings/default_setting_edit.php
index 23e96862a0..9dde93d365 100644
--- a/core/default_settings/default_setting_edit.php
+++ b/core/default_settings/default_setting_edit.php
@@ -765,8 +765,8 @@
 	echo "	".$text['label-description']."\n";
 	echo "</td>\n";
 	echo "<td class='vtable' align='left'>\n";
-	echo "	<input class='formfld' type='text' name='default_setting_description' style='width: 80%; max-width: 600px; min-width: 167px;' maxlength='255' value=\"".$default_setting_description."\">\n";
-	echo "<br />\n";
+	echo "	<textarea class='formfld' style='width: 185px; height: 80px;' name='default_setting_description'>".escape($default_setting_description)."</textarea>\n";
+	echo "	<br />\n";
 	echo $text['description-description']."\n";
 	echo "</td>\n";
 	echo "</tr>\n";