diff --git a/core/modules/views/config/schema/views.area.schema.yml b/core/modules/views/config/schema/views.area.schema.yml
index b75deb1..255be47 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/config/schema/views.area.schema.yml
+++ b/core/modules/views/config/schema/views.area.schema.yml
@@ -26,11 +26,8 @@ views.area.text:
   label: 'Text'
   mapping:
     content:
-      type: text
-      label: 'The shown text of the area'
-    format:
-      type: string
-      label: 'The filter format the content is in'
+      type: text_format
+      label: 'The formatted text of the area'
     tokenize:
       type: boolean
       label: 'Should replacement tokens be used from the first row'
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/area/Text.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/area/Text.php
index 29da4bc..d8209bd 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/area/Text.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/area/Text.php
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ class Text extends TokenizeAreaPluginBase {
    */
   protected function defineOptions() {
     $options = parent::defineOptions();
-    $options['content'] = array('default' => '', 'format_key' => 'format');
+    $options['content'] = array(
+      'contains' => array(
+        'value' => array('default' => ''),
+        'format' => array('default' => NULL),
+      ),
+    );
     $options['format'] = array('default' => NULL);
     return $options;
   }
@@ -37,9 +42,9 @@ public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
     $form['content'] = array(
       '#title' => $this->t('Content'),
       '#type' => 'text_format',
-      '#default_value' => $this->options['content'],
+      '#default_value' => $this->options['content']['value'],
       '#rows' => 6,
-      '#format' => isset($this->options['format']) ? $this->options['format'] : filter_default_format(),
+      '#format' => isset($this->options['content']['format']) ? $this->options['content']['format'] : filter_default_format(),
       '#editor' => FALSE,
     );
   }
@@ -47,22 +52,12 @@ public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function submitOptionsForm(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
-    $content = $form_state->getValue(array('options', 'content'));
-    $form_state->setValue(array('options', 'format'), $content['format']);
-    $form_state->setValue(array('options', 'content'), $content['value']);
-    parent::submitOptionsForm($form, $form_state);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * {@inheritdoc}
-   */
   public function render($empty = FALSE) {
-    $format = isset($this->options['format']) ? $this->options['format'] : filter_default_format();
+    $format = isset($this->options['content']['format']) ? $this->options['content']['format'] : filter_default_format();
     if (!$empty || !empty($this->options['empty'])) {
       return array(
         '#type' => 'processed_text',
-        '#text' => $this->tokenizeValue($this->options['content']),
+        '#text' => $this->tokenizeValue($this->options['content']['value']),
         '#format' => $format,
       );
     }