diff --git a/core/modules/menu/lib/Drupal/menu/MenuFormController.php b/core/modules/menu/lib/Drupal/menu/MenuFormController.php
index fa8fa1f..c51678f 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu/lib/Drupal/menu/MenuFormController.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu/lib/Drupal/menu/MenuFormController.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public function form(array $form, array &$form_state, EntityInterface $menu) {
       '#disabled' => !$menu->isNew() || isset($system_menus[$menu->id()]),
     );
     $form['description'] = array(
-      '#type' => 'textfield',
+      '#type' => 'textarea',
       '#title' => t('Description'),
       '#default_value' => $menu->description,
     );