diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/user-index.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/user-index.hbs
index 9a1325c03fe..1c80f0fd1fb 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/user-index.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/user-index.hbs
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
       </div>
       <div class='controls'>
         <b>{{i18n 'admin.user.suspend_reason'}}</b>:
-        {{model.suspend_reason}}
+        <div class='full-suspend-reason'>{{model.full_suspend_reason}}</div>
       </div>
     </div>
   {{/if}}
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/admin_base.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/admin_base.scss
index f3ac6afb5c1..42cf3d86139 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/admin_base.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/admin_base.scss
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ $mobile-breakpoint: 700px;
   }
 }
 
+.full-suspend-reason {
+  white-space: pre-wrap;
+}
+
 .admin-users .users-list {
   .username .fa {
     color: dark-light-choose($primary-medium, $secondary-medium);
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index abb6313e07c..3da8bd059ab 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -684,8 +684,16 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     UserHistory.for(self, :suspend_user).order('id DESC').first
   end
 
+  def full_suspend_reason
+    return suspend_record.try(:details) if suspended?
+  end
+
   def suspend_reason
-    suspend_record.try(:details) if suspended?
+    if details = full_suspend_reason
+      return details.split("\n")[0]
+    end
+
+    nil
   end
 
   # Use this helper to determine if the user has a particular trust level.
diff --git a/app/serializers/admin_detailed_user_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/admin_detailed_user_serializer.rb
index e3e488415ce..8cc9316cb5d 100644
--- a/app/serializers/admin_detailed_user_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/admin_detailed_user_serializer.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class AdminDetailedUserSerializer < AdminUserSerializer
              :can_delete_all_posts,
              :can_be_deleted,
              :can_be_anonymized,
-             :suspend_reason,
+             :full_suspend_reason,
              :suspended_till,
              :silence_reason,
              :primary_group_id,