diff --git a/public/src/admin/manage/category.js b/public/src/admin/manage/category.js
index ecfa19ca36..1873d4de7a 100644
--- a/public/src/admin/manage/category.js
+++ b/public/src/admin/manage/category.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ define('admin/manage/category', [
 
 		handleTags();
 
-		$('#category-settings input, #category-settings select').on('change', function (ev) {
+		$('#category-settings input, #category-settings select, #category-settings textarea').on('change', function (ev) {
 			modified(ev.target);
 		});
 
diff --git a/src/views/admin/manage/category.tpl b/src/views/admin/manage/category.tpl
index c1958f0037..5d48140fd7 100644
--- a/src/views/admin/manage/category.tpl
+++ b/src/views/admin/manage/category.tpl
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 					<label for="cid-{category.cid}-description">
 						[[admin/manage/categories:description]]
 					</label>
-					<input id="cid-{category.cid}-description" data-name="description" placeholder="[[admin/manage/categories:description]]" value="{category.description}" class="form-control category_description description" /><br />
+					<textarea id="cid-{category.cid}-description" data-name="description" placeholder="[[admin/manage/categories:description]]" class="form-control category_description description" />{category.description}</textarea><br />
 				</fieldset>
 
 				<fieldset class="row">