diff --git a/app/ivr_menu/ivr_menu_edit.php b/app/ivr_menu/ivr_menu_edit.php
index 4a6d14048c..f12d71fc3a 100644
--- a/app/ivr_menu/ivr_menu_edit.php
+++ b/app/ivr_menu/ivr_menu_edit.php
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ if (count($_POST) > 0 && strlen($_POST["persistformvar"]) == 0) {
 	echo "	".$text['label-description']."\n";
 	echo "</td>\n";
 	echo "<td class='vtable' align='left'>\n";
-	echo "	<input class='formfld' type='text' name='ivr_menu_description' maxlength='255' value=\"$ivr_menu_description\">\n";
+	echo "	<textarea class='formfld' style='width: 450px; height: 100px;' name='ivr_menu_description'>".$ivr_menu_description."</textarea>\n";
 	echo "<br />\n";
 	echo $text['description-description']."\n";
 	echo "</td>\n";