diff --git a/modules/menu/tpl/sitemap.html b/modules/menu/tpl/sitemap.html
index 051feab82..a61286cf1 100644
--- a/modules/menu/tpl/sitemap.html
+++ b/modules/menu/tpl/sitemap.html
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 					<li>
 						<div class="multilingual x_input-append">
 							<label for="lang_menuDesc2">{$lang->menu_desc}</label>
-							<input id="menuDesc2" class="_menuDesc lang_code" type="text" required>
+							<textarea id="menuDesc2" class="_menuDesc lang_code"></textarea>
 						</div>
 					</li>
 					<li class="typePage">
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
 					<li>
 						<div class="multilingual x_input-append">
 							<label for="lang_menuDesc">{$lang->menu_desc}</label>
-							<input id="menuDesc" class="_menuDesc lang_code" type="text" required>
+							<textarea id="menuDesc" class="_menuDesc lang_code"></textarea>
 						</div>
 					</li>
 					<li style="padding:6px 0 0 0">