diff --git a/classes/Manufacturer.php b/classes/Manufacturer.php
index 8cc573bad..c40fa01c8 100644
--- a/classes/Manufacturer.php
+++ b/classes/Manufacturer.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class ManufacturerCore extends ObjectModel
 
 			// Lang fields
 			'description' => 		array('type' => self::TYPE_HTML, 'lang' => true, 'validate' => 'isCleanHtml'),
-			'short_description' => 	array('type' => self::TYPE_HTML, 'lang' => true, 'validate' => 'isCleanHtml', 'size' => 254),
+			'short_description' => 	array('type' => self::TYPE_HTML, 'lang' => true, 'validate' => 'isCleanHtml'),
 			'meta_title' => 		array('type' => self::TYPE_STRING, 'lang' => true, 'validate' => 'isGenericName', 'size' => 128),
 			'meta_description' => 	array('type' => self::TYPE_STRING, 'lang' => true, 'validate' => 'isGenericName', 'size' => 255),
 			'meta_keywords' => 		array('type' => self::TYPE_STRING, 'lang' => true, 'validate' => 'isGenericName'),
diff --git a/classes/Supplier.php b/classes/Supplier.php
index 7749fb6de..3130913c1 100644
--- a/classes/Supplier.php
+++ b/classes/Supplier.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class SupplierCore extends ObjectModel
 			'date_upd' => 			array('type' => self::TYPE_DATE, 'validate' => 'isDate'),
 
 			// Lang fields
-			'description' => 		array('type' => self::TYPE_STRING, 'lang' => true, 'validate' => 'isGenericName'),
+			'description' => 		array('type' => self::TYPE_HTML, 'lang' => true, 'validate' => 'isCleanHtml'),
 			'meta_title' => 		array('type' => self::TYPE_STRING, 'lang' => true, 'validate' => 'isGenericName', 'size' => 128),
 			'meta_description' => 	array('type' => self::TYPE_STRING, 'lang' => true, 'validate' => 'isGenericName', 'size' => 255),
 			'meta_keywords' => 		array('type' => self::TYPE_STRING, 'lang' => true, 'validate' => 'isGenericName', 'size' => 255),
diff --git a/install-dev/upgrade/sql/1.5.6.0.sql b/install-dev/upgrade/sql/1.5.6.0.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f5521cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install-dev/upgrade/sql/1.5.6.0.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE `PREFIX_manufacturer_lang` CHANGE `short_description` `short_description` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL;
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