diff --git a/app/assets/templates/comment-stream_tpl.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/comment-stream_tpl.jst.hbs
index 372f344fa..ac8f118e4 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/comment-stream_tpl.jst.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/templates/comment-stream_tpl.jst.hbs
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
 
     <div class="bd">
       <form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/posts/{{id}}/comments" class="new_comment" id="new_comment_on_{{id}}" method="post">
-        <textarea class="comment_box form-control" id="comment_text_on_{{id}}" name="text" rows="2" required placeholder="{{t
-        "stream.comment"}}" />
+        <textarea class="comment_box form-control" id="comment_text_on_{{id}}" name="text" rows="1" required placeholder="{{t "stream.comment"}}" />
         <div class="submit_button">
           <input class="btn btn-primary" id="comment_submit_{{id}}" name="commit" type="submit" value="{{t "stream.comment"}}" />
         </div>