diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/compose/dialog/CaptionDialog.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/compose/dialog/CaptionDialog.kt
index bef6e95c..17db6ff6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/compose/dialog/CaptionDialog.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/components/compose/dialog/CaptionDialog.kt
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ fun <T> T.makeCaptionDialog(existingDescription: String?,
     dialogLayout.addView(input)
     (input.layoutParams as LinearLayout.LayoutParams).setMargins(margin, margin, margin, margin)
     input.setLines(2)
-    input.inputType = InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT or InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES
+    input.inputType = (InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT
+        or InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE
+        or InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_CAP_SENTENCES)
     input.setText(existingDescription)
     input.filters = arrayOf(InputFilter.LengthFilter(MEDIA_DESCRIPTION_CHARACTER_LIMIT))