diff --git a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_profile_legacy_firstlife.xml b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_profile_legacy_firstlife.xml
index 88654c8540ee3a29a547793cfcfddeb8e57baa44..a3314bb618e049c446b2b9246c4eb62ac117160e 100644
--- a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_profile_legacy_firstlife.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_profile_legacy_firstlife.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
    left="3"
    height="200"
    layout="topleft"
-   max_length="253"
+   max_length="65000"
    name="fl_about"
    top="134"
    right="-4"
diff --git a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_profile_legacy_secondlife.xml b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_profile_legacy_secondlife.xml
index 47b9c097e6352a69db1f5f2c1ff88116c8bf70e4..fdecbd74a7ae6ac1c73d75e619aefc2b4b2cd717 100644
--- a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_profile_legacy_secondlife.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_profile_legacy_secondlife.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
        follows="all"
        left="3"
        layout="topleft"
-       max_length="512"
+       max_length="65000"
        name="sl_about"
        top="0"
        bottom="-20"