diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/display-text/display-text.widget.html b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/display-text/display-text.widget.html
index b760a11b3a..0a0baeffa4 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/display-text/display-text.widget.html
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/display-text/display-text.widget.html
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-<div class="adf-display-text-widget {{field.className}}">
-    <span>{{field.value}}</span>
-</div>
+<div class="adf-display-text-widget {{field.className}}">{{field.value}}</div>
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/display-text/display-text.widget.scss b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/display-text/display-text.widget.scss
index f5a3c92c58..0bf29fdf83 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/display-text/display-text.widget.scss
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/display-text/display-text.widget.scss
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-.adf-display-text-widget {}
+.adf-display-text-widget {
+    white-space: pre-wrap;
+}