diff --git a/ccm-cms-types-image/pdl/com/arsdigita/content-types/Image.pdl b/ccm-cms-types-image/pdl/com/arsdigita/content-types/Image.pdl
index 291721528..d9f684427 100755
--- a/ccm-cms-types-image/pdl/com/arsdigita/content-types/Image.pdl
+++ b/ccm-cms-types-image/pdl/com/arsdigita/content-types/Image.pdl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ object type Image extends ContentPage {
               BigDecimal[0..1]    height = ct_images.height INTEGER;
 
               String [0..1]     caption  = ct_images.caption VARCHAR(400);
-              String [0..1] description  = ct_images.description VARCHAR(500);
+              String [0..1] description  = ct_images.description VARCHAR(1000);
               String [0..1]      artist  = ct_images.artist VARCHAR(200);
               Date   [0..1] publishDate  = ct_images.publish_date DATE;
               Boolean[0..1]     skipDay  = ct_images.skip_day;
diff --git a/ccm-cms-types-image/src/com/arsdigita/cms/contenttypes/ui/ImagePropertyForm.java b/ccm-cms-types-image/src/com/arsdigita/cms/contenttypes/ui/ImagePropertyForm.java
index c82a8a35b..2b9dccf2b 100755
--- a/ccm-cms-types-image/src/com/arsdigita/cms/contenttypes/ui/ImagePropertyForm.java
+++ b/ccm-cms-types-image/src/com/arsdigita/cms/contenttypes/ui/ImagePropertyForm.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class ImagePropertyForm
 
         add(new Label(ImageGlobalizationUtil.globalize("cms.contenttypes.ui.description")));
         ParameterModel descriptionParam = new StringParameter(Image.DESCRIPTION);
-        descriptionParam.addParameterListener(new StringInRangeValidationListener(0, 500));
+        descriptionParam.addParameterListener(new StringInRangeValidationListener(0, 1000));
         TextArea description = new TextArea(descriptionParam);
         description.setRows(10);
         description.setCols(60);