diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/FilesSetPanel.form b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/FilesSetPanel.form
index 0b5872a5a5..7733bd3d05 100755
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/FilesSetPanel.form
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/FilesSetPanel.form
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@
             <Component class="javax.swing.JTextArea" name="descTextArea">
               <Properties>
                 <Property name="columns" type="int" value="20"/>
+                <Property name="lineWrap" type="boolean" value="true"/>
                 <Property name="rows" type="int" value="5"/>
+                <Property name="wrapStyleWord" type="boolean" value="true"/>
               </Properties>
             </Component>
           </SubComponents>
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/FilesSetPanel.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/FilesSetPanel.java
index 5f401663ab..02d3fb82e5 100755
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/FilesSetPanel.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/interestingitems/FilesSetPanel.java
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ public class FilesSetPanel extends javax.swing.JPanel {
         descPanel.setBorder(javax.swing.BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage(FilesSetPanel.class, "FilesSetPanel.descPanel.border.title"))); // NOI18N
 
         descTextArea.setColumns(20);
+        descTextArea.setLineWrap(true);
         descTextArea.setRows(5);
+        descTextArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
         descScrollPanel.setViewportView(descTextArea);
 
         javax.swing.GroupLayout descPanelLayout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(descPanel);