diff --git a/plugins/personal/generic/class_user.inc b/plugins/personal/generic/class_user.inc
index bf420151d0c31ef8b0915727daa79f56a087c7ec..efb05047f340862f033cc410839de07c6cbd628a 100644
--- a/plugins/personal/generic/class_user.inc
+++ b/plugins/personal/generic/class_user.inc
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ class user extends simplePlugin
             'givenName', TRUE,
             '', '', '/[^,+"?()=<>;\\\\]/'
           ),
-          new StringAttribute (
+          new TextAreaAttribute (
             _('Description'), _('Short description of the user'),
             'description', FALSE
           ),