diff --git a/admin/templates/default/customfields.xet b/admin/templates/default/customfields.xet
index 43dd228095..f04d4b25d9 100644
--- a/admin/templates/default/customfields.xet
+++ b/admin/templates/default/customfields.xet
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 						<checkbox label="required" id="${row}[needed]"/>
 					</vbox>
 					<taglist-account statustext="Select accounts for which the custom field should be visible" id="${row}[private]" rows="3" account_type="both"/>
-					<textbox multiline="true" statustext="each value is a line like id[=label]" id="${row}[values]" rows="2" cols="30"/>
+					<textbox multiline="true" statustext="each value is a line like id[=label]" id="${row}[values]" rows="4" cols="30"/>
 					<vbox>
 						<textbox statustext="max length of the input [, length of the inputfield (optional)]" id="${row}[len]" size="5"/>
 						<textbox type="integer" blur="1" statustext="number of row for a multiline inputfield or line of a multi-select-box" id="${row}[rows]" min="0" max="10" size="2"/>
diff --git a/infolog/templates/default/customfields.xet b/infolog/templates/default/customfields.xet
index c294358278..153a44cabc 100644
--- a/infolog/templates/default/customfields.xet
+++ b/infolog/templates/default/customfields.xet
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 						<customfields-types statustext="Type of customfield" id="{$row}[type]"/>
 						<checkbox label="required" id="${row}[needed]"/>
 					</vbox>
-					<textbox multiline="true" statustext="each value is a line like &lt;id&gt;[=&lt;label&gt;]" id="${row}[values]" rows="2" cols="30"/>
+					<textbox multiline="true" statustext="each value is a line like &lt;id&gt;[=&lt;label&gt;]" id="${row}[values]" rows="4" cols="30"/>
 					<vbox>
 						<textbox statustext="max length of the input [, length of the inputfield (optional)]" id="${row}[len]" size="5"/>
 						<textbox type="integer" statustext="number of row for a multiline inputfield or line of a multi-select-box" id="${row}[rows]" min="0" max="10" size="2"/>