diff --git a/app/networks/forms.py b/app/networks/forms.py
index ed1c1bce488015f47c53f04413ba15157ea4eaf6..987e1287c3069aaf791a0268fa53f48904941ed7 100644
--- a/app/networks/forms.py
+++ b/app/networks/forms.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This module defines the networks blueprint forms.
 
 """
 from flask_wtf import FlaskForm
-from wtforms import SelectField, StringField, validators
+from wtforms import SelectField, StringField, TextAreaField, validators
 from .. import utils, models
 
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class HostForm(FlaskForm):
                                    validators.Regexp(models.HOST_NAME_RE)],
                        filters=[utils.lowercase_field])
     type = SelectField('Type', choices=utils.get_choices(('Virtual', 'Physical')))
-    description = StringField('Description')
+    description = TextAreaField('Description')
     item_id = SelectField('Item')
     network_id = SelectField('Network')
     # The list of IPs is dynamically created on the browser side